Nia Changesheets Three defendants linked to banned ISIS terrorists, 2024 Srinagar grenade attack

NIA has accused three defendants of banned “Islamic State and ISIS)/Islamic State Jamu and Kashmir (ISJK)”, “terrorist organizations as they participated in the 2024 Srinagar Market Market Market attack, killing a woman and leaving several other civilians, and leaving other official statements. In the allegations filed by the NIA Special Court, the Counter-terrorism agency named Sheikh Usama Yaseen, Umar Fayaz Sheikh and Afnan Mansoor Naik as the Illegal Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967, Explosive Substances Act, Explosive Substances Act, Bharatiya nyaya nyaya sanhhita》 (bnyaya sanhhita, bn) The National Bureau of Investigation (NIA) said in a statement that all three are currently under judicial custody.
It said Usma and Umo were arrested on November 7 just four days after the attacks on the busy Sunday market near the Srinagar Tourism Reception Centre (TRC) on November 3, 2024.
Afnan was arrested for his active role in criminal conspiracy, aiming to launch a war against security forces and civilians through targeted terrorist attacks, the investigative agency said.

The NIA also discovered that other terrorist organizations might be involved in the conspiracy behind the attack, discovered the three-person plan, accomplices and carried out grenade attacks with the aim of causing panic and terror in the area.

The NIA said the attack was part of a broader strategy to disrupt the public order and further the violent agenda of terrorist clothing that operates with the support of the border. Investigation of the case registered by the NIA on January 31, 2025 is continuing to identify the wider network involved in the attack.