Jammu, Aug 13: The Railway Police (GRP) Jammu has arrested an absconding terrorist booked under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act after a long chase of 35 years. The accused, identified as Altaf Hussain Sheikh, son of Nazir Ahmed Sheikh, a resident of Marhama-Bijbehara in Anantnag, had initially gone underground and later lived with a concealed identity for several decades.
The accused, along with other accomplices, was involved in a bomb blast on April 2, 1991, at platform number 1 of the railway station in Jammu, which resulted in the death of three persons, including two paramilitary personnel, and left 18 civilians injured. An FIR number 07/1991 under sections 307, 302, 120(B) RPC, 3/4 TADA and 4/5 ESA was registered at Police Station GRP Jammu.
During the investigation, one accused, Aman Ullah Khan, was arrested, while three other accused persons escaped and could not be arrested at that time and were subsequently declared absconders by the concerned court.
In the last two years, GRP Jammu launched an intensive manhunt and identified the accused Altaf Hussain Sheikh, verifying his identity by minutely going into the details of his identity and residential particulars, and discovered him living under a concealed identity who had established himself as a successful businessman in the Bijbehara area.
The long pursuit of the police team brought results, and the accused responsible for the death of innocent persons was arrested and produced before the TADA Court on August 13, 2026, for further legal proceedings.
