Jammu, Aug. 14 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP) Jammu on Thursday said it arrested an absconding accused in the 1991 Jammu railway station bomb blast case, more than three decades after the incident.
Police identified the accused as Altaf Hussain Sheikh, son of Nazir Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Marhama in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district. According to police, he had been evading arrest since 1991 and was living under a concealed identity.
The case relates to a bomb blast at Platform No. 1 of Jammu railway station on April 2, 1991, in which three persons, including two paramilitary personnel, were killed and 18 civilians injured. An FIR (No. 07/1991) under Sections 307, 302 and 120-B RPC, Sections 3/4 of TADA and Sections 4/5 of t...