Srinagar, Apr 27 (UNI) National Investigation Agency (NIA) has formally taken over the investigation of the Pahalgam terror attack case, in which 26 innocent tourists were mercilessly shot dead on Tuesday, officials said.



NIA teams, which have been camping at the terror attack site since Wednesday, have intensified the search for evidence, the spokesperson of the country’s premier anti-terror agency said.



The teams, overseen by an Inspector General, a Deputy Inspector General and a Superintendent of Police from the anti-terror agency, are examining the eyewitnesses who had seen the horrifying attack unfold before their eyes at the peaceful and picturesque Baisaran Valley.



“The eyewitnesses are being questioned in minute detail to piece together the sequence of events that led to one of the worst terror attacks in Kashmir,” the spokesperson said.



It added that the entry and exit points are being closely scrutinised by the investigating NIA teams for clues to the modus operandi of the terrorists.



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 that has shocked the nation.



After the Pahalgam attack, J&K Police had registered a case at Police Station Pahalgam, and the investigation was headed by a senior officer.



After the Pahalgam attack, while security forces have intensified the crackdown against militants and their sympathisers, the attackers involved in the carnage continue to be at large.

Security forces, meanwhile, continue to conduct massive combing operations in the forests surrounding Pahalgam to trace the attackers involved in the deadliest attack on civilians in several decades.



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