The DNA and voice samples of the alleged LeT operative, who was overpowered by the locals following the attack on a BSF bus in Udhampur district of Jammu on August five that left its two personnel dead, will also be obtained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
NIA sources said collecting the DNA samples of the militant from Faislabad in Pakistan could help in proving his nationality. Islamabad has been insisting that Naved is not a Pakistani national.
Before being brought from Jammu last weekend, Naved, in his 20s, was confronted with other militants from Faislabad lodged in various jails and his interrogators concluded he was not lying about where he hailed from.
Sources said the militant is likely to be questioned about how many people were with him when the group infiltrated Jammu and Kashmir and people he had met and lived with during his two-month stay in the state.
He had also given wrong information about the registration plate number of the vehicle that carried him and accomplice Noman to 'Tamatar Modh' on Jammu-Srinagar on August 4, lest it would expose those helping the terror group.
Naved has told his interrogators he was often administered psychotropic substances by his Lashkar-e-Taiba handler who motivated him to wage 'Jihad' in India. He was also promised he would be rehabilitated in Pakistan with cash rewards after he carried out 5-6 terror attacks in India.
Naved was overpowered by two young villagers who he had taken hostage after the attack on BSF personnel, while his accomplice Mohammed Noman alias Momin was killed in retaliatory firing by the BSF.
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