JAMMU — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three accused, linked with the banned ISIS and ISJK terrorist group, in the case of Srinagar market grenade attack of 2024, which killed one woman and left several other civilians injured.
As per the official communique, in its chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, the anti-terror agency has named Sheikh Usama Yaseen, Umar Fayaz Sheikh and Afnan Mansoor Naik under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Explosive Substances Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
All three are currently lodged in judicial custody.
Usama and Umar were arrested on November 7, 2024, just four days after the attack that took place on November 3, 2024 at the busy Sunday Market near TRC, Srinagar.
Afnan was arrested on November 8 for his active role in the criminal conspiracy aimed at waging a war against India through targeted attacks on security forces as well as the civilian population.
NIA, which has also uncovered possible involvement of other terror groups in the conspiracy behind the attack, found during investigations that the trio had planned, conspired and executed the grenade attack with the intent to create panic and terror in the region, it read.
The attack, it further said, was a part of a broader strategy to disturb public order and further the violent agenda of terrorist outfits operating with support from across the border.
Investigations in the case, which was registered by NIA on January 31, 2025, are continuing in an effort to identify the wider network involved in the attack, said the comminique.
