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PDP MLA’s driver arrested in connection with terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims

PDP MLA's driver arrested in connection with terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims
A man condemns the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims. PTI/File

Srinagar, July 15

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday arrested People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Aijaz Ahmad Mir’s driver in connection with the recent Amarnath Yatra terror attack on pilgrims.Touseef Ahmad was picked up by the police for questioning today.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechdSuperintendent of Police (SP), Shopian, Ambarkar Shriram Dinkar, said: “Touseef was co-operating with the investigators. He was deputed as a driver some seven months ago from the security wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. He has been detained in a terrorism-related case.”Earlier in the week, seven people were killed and 20 others were injured after terrorists opened fire on a bus carrying pilgrims from Baltal to Mir Bazar around 8.20 p.m. on Monday night. —ANI