merica’s intel and security service FBI had helped India’s National Investigation Agency in its probe into the Pulwama terrorist attack with two key
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FBI gave us key inputs in Pulwama probe: NIA
America’s intel and security service FBI had helped India’s National Investigation Agency in its probe into the Pulwama terrorist attack with two key inputs — it identified the point person the handlers were in touch with and also the nature of explosives used in the blast.
“We are thankful for the valuable inputs received from… foreign law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI, to nail the accused… and weed out nefarious designs of Pakistan to foment terrorism in the Valley,” NIA spokesperson Sonia Narang told TOI on Wednesday.
The FBI had helped NIA crack the WhatsApp account run by a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) spokesperson who had been in touch with a core group involved in the attack. Read Also : Galwan clash a ‘brief moment’ in history: Chinese envoy
The WhatsApp account on the Kashmir-based mobile phone was operated by Mohammad Hussain, traced to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan. But the number (which TOI is withholding) had been registered under the name of a woman from Budgam. “The woman h…
