Centre hands over Pahalgam terror attack probe to NIA

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday transferred the Pahalgam terror attack probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). At least 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed after they were attacked by terrorists at the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. On Saturday, a three-member NIA team recorded the statement of one of the victims of the terror attack.

The team of NIA officials reached CIPET employee Prashant Satpathy's native village Ishani in Odisha's Balasore district. An official of NIA told PTI that the statement of victim's wife Priya Darshani Achariya is "crucial" for investigation as she and her 9-year-old son Tanuj were eyewitnesses to the killings..