Srinagar, Apr 25 (PTI) An NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday issued proclamation orders against two militants, including a Pakistan-based commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, police said.

A police spokesperson said, "Proclamation under Section 82 of the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) has been issued by the NIA court in Pulwama with respect to a designated terrorist and an active terrorist in various terror activities."

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The proclamation was issued in respect of designated terrorist Ashiq Ahmad Nengroo, allegedly involved in various terror activities including in a case registered under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Active terrorist Reyaz Ahmad Dar was allegedly involved in a case registered under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the spokesperson said.

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The court has given them 30 days to surrender before the competent authority, he added.

Before issuing the proclamation, the NIA court issued a non-bailable, open ended warrant. The proclamation order was pasted in their native places and also in conspicuous places of the villages, the spokesperson added.

Nengroo is a wanted Jaish-e-Mohammad commander and an accused in the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.

Last December, authorities demolished his two-storey home in the Rajpora area of Pulwama, in south Kashmir, claiming it was built on state land.

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