Jammu: NIA have arrested accused Malik Noor Mohammad Fayyaz, 51, of village Phagsoo under Thathri police station in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the killing of Parihar brothers in 2018.
Senior BJP leader Anil Kumar Parihar and his brother Ajit Kumar Parihar were killed by unknown gunmen who fired upon them while they were returning home around 8.40 pm on November 1, 2018. The NIA had taken over the investigation from J&K Police on November 28.
NIA had earlier chargesheeted seven accused persons including three killed terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen namely Osama-bin-Javid, Haroon Abbas Wani, Zahid Hussain and four arrested accused persons namely Nisar Ahmed Sheikh, Nishad Ahmed Butt, Azad Hussain Bagwan and Rustam Ali, all residents of Kishtwar (J&K), in NIA Special Court, Jammu on May 15, 2020.
Further investigation in the case to unearth the larger conspiracy hatched by the terrorists of HM and overground workers (OGW) who were reviving the terrorism in the region of Chenab valley i.e. Doda, Kishtwar & Ramban led to the identification of arrested accused Malik Noor Mohd. Fayyaz.
Investigations revealed that he was the co-conspirator for reviving the terrorism in Chenab valley. He had also visited Assam and Nagaland along with slain HM terrorist Osama-bin-Javid for procurement of the weapons for the said purpose.
He was instrumental in motivating and recruiting gullible Muslim youths to join the cadres of HM. Further investigation in the case continues.
