Srinagar Jan 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and eight persons accused in the Amarnath Yatra bus attack in July 2017 in which eight pilgrims were killed.
"The charge sheet of about 1 500 pages pertaining to the yatra bus attack on July 10 2017 is against the LeT and eight accused... " a police statement said.
"A special investigation team (SIT) was formed which filed a comprehensive charge sheet against eight accused persons before Sessions Court Anantnag and Chief Judicial Magistrate (Juvenile Court) Anantnag".
The statement said the main accused in the case Abu Ismail a Pakistani national of the LeT terror group was killed in a gunfight with the security forces on September 14 2017 while his other two Pakistani associates were also killed on December 12.
--IANS
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