Two youths were arrested in
Kishtwar town on Wednesday and booked for criminal conspiracy among
other charges for their alleged role in sending the terror mail from
Jammu and Kashmir claiming responsibility for the Delhi High Court
blast.
In
the first arrests in connection with the email a week after the blast
that could give some definite leads, Shariq Ahmed and Abid Hussain were
picked up by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing
the attack, and Jammu and Kashmir Police.
13 people were killed in the briefcase bomb blast last Wednesday outside the High Court.
Official
sources said that investigators decided to place the two residents of
Kishtwar town under arrest after an early morning operation.
The
arrested youths are close kins of two surrendered militants Irshad
Ahmed and Farooq Ahmed who were detained in the email case.
The
duo were produced before the Principal District and Session N L Manhas
in Kishtwar district who remanded them in seven-day Police custody.
"Out of the two, one has sent the email. it is now confirmed", an official attached with the probe said.
They have been booked
under IPC Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 153-A (Promoting enmity
between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth,
residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of
harmony) and 134-A (attack on government servant on duty).
The two, who were
accused of sending the terror email about an hour after the blast, also
faced charges of hacking of computer system) under section 66 of the
Information Technology Act.
The cybercafe from where the email is alleged to have been sent has also been sealed.
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