One individual has been formally arrested in connection with the Reasi terror attack, stated Reasi senior superintendent of police, Mohita Sharma. While not the mastermind, he played a significant role in the assault,” Sharma mentioned.
The police suspect that Hakim Din, a resident of Rajouri, provided logistical support to the attackers for the incident.
The terror attack on June 9 in Teryath village in Pouni area resulted in the loss of nine lives and injuries to 33 others, as a bus carrying pilgrims from Shiv Khori cave shrine to Katra in Reasi district was targeted.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) transferred the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 17. This decision came during a high-level meeting led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who instructed security forces and intelligence agencies to replicate anti-terrorism successes seen in the Kashmir valley in the Jammu region.