NIA takes over Uri terror attack case

A six-member team has started probe in the country's worst terror attack case targetting an army camp

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday took over the probe into the terror attack on the Uri army camp in Jammu and Kashmir that left 18 soldiers dead, official sources said.

Informed sources said a six-member NIA team, led by a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) rank officer, has started its probe after filing a First Information Report (FIR) in the terror attack case.

The NIA team reached Uri from Srinagar.

Eighteen army soldiers were killed on Sunday in a terror strike allegedly carried out by four militants associated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad. All four militants were killed by security forces in a gun battle that lasted for three hours.