Delhi court sends close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind to NIA custody till Mar 29

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

A court Friday sent alleged terrorist Sajjad Khan, a close aide of attack mastermind Muddasir, to NIA custody till March 29.

M S Khan, appearing for Sajjad Khan, opposed the agency's demand.

(27), a resident of was arrested near the Lajpat Rai market late Thursday night.

Mudassir had tasked him with establishing a sleeper cell in Delhi, police said.

Forty personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's district on February 14 after a JeM suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into their bus.

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First Published: Fri, March 22 2019. 16:50 IST