The whole area was cordoned off and massive joint cordon & search operation was launched. Meanwhile, the investigation conducted revealed that the grenade at the accommodation of the labourers was thrown by one hybrid terrorist linked with LeT, identified as Imran Bashir Ganie of Hermain Shopian, who was promptly arrested by Police within hours of the terror crime incident. Apart from confessing about his involvement in the said gruesome terror crime, led police to arrest of his terrorist accomplice.
ADGP Kashmir Shri Vijay Kumar-IPS visited the terror crime scene and while sharing the details regarding the incident with media he said that although the actual grenade thrower terrorist and his accomplice have been arrested by police within hours of the incident however, the main culprits who hatched the conspiracy for this gruesome terror crime and got it executed including terrorist Danish and District Commander of LeT Abid shall be brought to justice very soon.
He further said that the investigation in the case is vigorously going on and based on the revelations made by the arrested terrorists & same being further corroborated by other evidences including human and technical intelligence, the hunt for other involved terrorists is on. Pertinently, during one such CASO although the contact with terrorists was established but they managed to flee from the spot however, the efforts are on to nab them. Moreover, CASOs to nab the other involved terrorists is in progress at many places.