NSA Doval, Foreign Minister Jaishankar To Skip BRICS Meet Amid Escalating Tensions With Pak

NIA teams, which have been camping at the terror attack site since Wednesday, have intensified the search for evidence.

NSA Doval, Foreign Minister Jaishankar To Skip BRICS Meet Amid Escalating Tensions With Pak

Amid escalating tensions with Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will skip the BRICS meet scheduled to be held in Brazil next week.

Terrorists shot dead 26 people, mostly tourists, in Phalgam's Baisaran valley on April 22. Since then, security forces have launched a crackdown on terrorists and their hideouts in the region.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has officially taken over the probe into the terror attack. The teams, overseen by an Inspector General of Police, a Deputy Inspector General of Police and a Superintendent of Police from the anti-terror agency, are examining the eyewitnesses.

The entry and exit points are being closely scrutinised by the investigating NIA teams for clues to the modus operandi of the terrorists, the officials said. The teams, aided by forensic and other experts, are checking the entire area thoroughly for evidence to expose the terror conspiracy that led to the horrendous attack.

NIA teams, which have been camping at the terror attack site since Wednesday, have intensified the search for evidence, they said. The anti-terror agency has taken over the Pahalgam terror attack case following orders from the Union Home Ministry.

On Saturday, security forces demolished the house of Adnan Shafi, who had joined terrorist ranks last year, was demolished at Wandina in Shopian district.

Officials said house of another active terrorist --Amir Nazir -- was demolished in Pulwama district.

In Bandipora district, the house of Lashkar-e-Toiba ultra Jameel Ahmad Shergojri was demolished. Shergojri has been an active terrorist since 2016.