Banihal car bomb attack: Case solved, PhD scholar among 6 arrested

The Jammu and Kashmir police Monday said it has arrested a PhD scholar along with five other terrorists for launching an abortive suicide car bomb attack on a CRPF convoy along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway last month.

The terror attack was jointly hatched by terror outfits JeM and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) under the command of Pakistan-based terrorist Munna Bihari, Jammu Inspector General of Police M K Sinha told reporters here.

The arrested persons include a PhD scholar who is an active member of Jamiat-e-Talaba, the student wing of banned Jammat-e-Islami (JeI), he said.

His interrogation revealed that the group was engaged in radicalising youths in a big way for "jehad" (hoily war), said Sinha.

 

He said the National Investigation Agency is taking over the case tomorrow for further investigation.