Overview
- Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kathua, ordered electronic monitoring as a bail condition, with installation carried out on March 18.
- Kathua Police fitted the devices under Senior Superintendent of Police Mohita Sharma’s supervision for continuous tracking.
- The accused are identified as Mool Raj, Liyaqat (also reported as Layaket) Ali, and Maqbool.
- FIR No. 18/2024 at Malhar police station lists BNS Sections 61(1), 113, 147, and 150, and police allege the trio aided militants with logistics, including Wi‑Fi, in a case linked to the July 8, 2024 ambush that killed five soldiers.
- Police say the wider probe has included questioning over 100 people, with preventive measures initiated against more than 40 individuals.