SIT to probe attack on Amarnath pilgrims

SIT to probe attack on Amarnath pilgrims

(Special Investigation Team set up for inspecting the Amarnath attack) Context

• The Jammu and Kashmir police have set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the attack on Amarnath pilgrims.

Reports of Investigation

• The preliminary investigations suggest militants “wanted to inflict heavy casualty as five magazines were emptied on the bus.”
• As per the reports, at least 150 empty bullet cartridges or five magazines of AK-47 were found near Batengoo, Anantnag.
• Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, South Kashmir, S.P. Pani will head the SIT.
• Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Anantnag, Altaf Ahmad Khan, will be assisting him.

The attack in brief

• Tracing the attack trajectory, the police inquiry suggests that the five magazines emptied within a short time.
• This suggests that “more than three militants” may have taken part in the attack.
• The police are focusing on technical details to establish the link of the militants, who carried out the attack, with the handlers across the Line of Control (LoC).
• The police maintain that Lashkar-e-Taiba’s is behind the attack.