Pathankot: NIA court issues arrest warrant against Jaish chief

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 08 2016 | 7:43 PM IST

A special NIA court in Mohali on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar and three other operatives of the banned Pakistan-based terror group in the Pathankot attack case, an NIA official said.

"In the Pathankot terror attack case, the honorable judge of special NIA court Mohali issued arrest warrants against the accused wanted in the case namely, Maulana Masood Azhar, Abdul Rauf, Kashif Jan and Shahid Latif," National Investigation Agency (NIA) spokesperson Sanjeev Kumar Singh said.

NIA is handling the Indian investigation of the January 2 terror attack at the Pathankot Indian Air Force (IAF) base, in which seven Indian security personnel were killed by suspected JeM militants.

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First Published: Apr 08 2016 | 7:34 PM IST

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