Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Nisar Ahmed Tantray's deportation from the UAE has been secured by India.
Tantray was also the main conspirator behind the December 2017 attack on a CRPF camp at Lethpora in Jammu and Kashmir.
In the attack, five security personnel were martyred, while three Jaish terrorists were killed during the intervening night of December 30 and 31, 2017.
Brother of Jaish divisional commander in South Kashmir Noor Tantray, Nisar Tantray became famous as a 'midget' terrorist as he is just four feet tall.
He was brought to Delhi by a special flight on Sunday and handed over to the NIA, which is probing the Lethpora case.
A warrant of arrest had been issued against deported terrorist Nisar Tantray by a special judge, NIA court, which facilitated his deportation.
In the last few years, the UAE has been extending exemplary cooperation in deporting fugitives, including terrorists.
This includes, AgustaWestland bribery case accused Christian Michel, alleged defence middleman Deepak Talwar, apart from several Islamic State sympathisers and terrorists including senior Indian Mujahideen operative Abdul Wahid Siddibapa and 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Farooq Takla.
Nisar Ahmed Tantray is believed to have absconded to the UAE earlier this year.
This was just before another accused in the Lethpora case, Fayaz Ahmad Magray, a resident of Awantipora, Pulwama, was arrested in February.
The three terrorists killed during the Lethpora attack were identified as Fardeen Ahmed Khandey, a resident of Tral; Manzoor Baba, a resident of Drubgram, Pulwama; and a Pakistani terrorist namely Abdul Shakoor, a resident of Rawalakot area of POK.
Fayaz, arrested by the NIA, was an active overground worker of Jaish and a key conspirator who provided logistical support such as providing shelter to terrorists.