Pulwama case: NIA arrests Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Shakir Bashir Magrey

In a major breakthrough in Pulwama Case NIA has arrested Shakir Bashir Magrey, an Over-Ground Worker (OGW) of Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed.

A resident of Hajibal, Kakapora, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir. A furniture shop owner, Shakir Bashir Magrey provided shelter and other logistical assistance to the suicide-bomber Adil Ahmad Dar.

Shakir was introduced to Adil Ahmad Dar in mid-2018 by a Pakistani terrorist viz. Mohammad Umar Farooq and he became a full-time OGW of JeM. During his initial interrogation, he has disclosed that on several occasions, he collected and delivered arms, ammunition, cash and explosive material to the JeM terrorists including those involved in Pulwama attack.


He was produced before a Special NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and remanded in 15 days of NIA custody.

Accused Shakir Bashir Magrey has further revealed that he had harboured Adil Ahmad Dar and Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Umar Farooq in his house from late 2018 till the attack in February 2019, and assisted them in the preparation of the IED.

In one of the most deadliest terror attack on security forces, at least 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) personnel were killed and another 20 injured when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist Adil Ahmad Dar drove an explosive-laden SUV into a convoy of vehicles carrying paramilitary troops on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district at around 3 pm on 14 February 2019.