New Delhi, October 20: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested Mohammed Ashraf Khandey, a key accused in the 2016 Nagrota Army Camp attack case. Khandey was apprehended at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport, from where he was scheduled to board a flight for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Khandey, on the radar of probing agencies since 2016, had boarded a flight from Sri Lanka, which took a halt in Delhi and was scheduled to fly to Riyadh. According to the preliminary reports, he had planned to travel to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, after successfully reaching Saudi Arabia. Two Suspected Islamic State Terrorists Arrested by Delhi Police Near Red Fort.

Khandey masterminded the attack on Nagrota Army Camp base, which claimed the lives of four Indian security officials. Three militants were also gunned down in the encounter. The attack came shortly after 18 Indian soldiers were killed in a cross-border terror assault on the Army base in Uri.

The NIA is likely to produce him before a magistrate on Monday and seek his custody. While the agency is yet to issue a statement, reports said Khandey could be involved in planning more terror attacks on the Indian soil.

Khandey, a resident of Jammu & Kashmir's Pulwama, is allegedly linked to the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad, headed by terrorist Masood Azhar.

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