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Jammu court declares Rajouri man wanted and seals encounter-site phone data
A special NIA court in Jammu issued orders in two separate terror-related cases.
In one case, it declared Rajouri native Mushtaq Ahmed Mir a proclaimed offender after he failed to appear in court.
Police said Mir allegedly crossed the Line of Control in 1995-96, joined terrorism and later took shelter in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
A court proclamation and a non-bailable warrant had not led to his appearance, so the court ordered the proclamation published in Jammu’s Official Gazette.
In the other case, investigators said a cellphone was recovered at an encounter site and its data was extracted by a forensic laboratory.
The court ordered that data kept sealed and protected from disclosure during the trial.
The orders address the court’s efforts to proceed against Mir and to restrict access to evidence in the separate case.
A special NIA court in Jammu declared Rajouri native Mushtaq Ahmed Mir a proclaimed offender after he failed to appear in court.
The court also ordered forensic data from a cellphone recovered at an encounter site to be kept confidential as protected material.
The orders were made in separate terror-related cases by Special Judge Prem Sagar on Wednesday.
Mir allegedly crossed the Line of Control in 1995-96 and later took shelter in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Who
- The special NIA court in Jammu issued the orders. Mushtaq Ahmed Mir and Maneer Ahmed are named in the separate cases.
- What
- Mir was declared a proclaimed offender, and cellphone forensic data was ordered sealed and treated as protected material.
- When
- The orders were passed on Wednesday; the article was published on October 15, 2026.
- Where
- The court is in Jammu. Mir is from Thanamang village in Rajouri district.
- Why
- Mir repeatedly failed to appear after a court proclamation. The cellphone data was protected from disclosure during the trial.
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Mir allegedly crossed the Line of Control and joined terrorism.
Maneer Ahmed was arrested, according to the NIA.
The court issued a proclamation directing Mir to appear.
The proclamation was published in national and local English-language newspapers.
The court declared Mir a proclaimed offender and ordered the cellphone data protected.
- Court
- Special NIA court in Jammu
- Judge
- Prem Sagar
- Mir’s village
- Thanamang, Rajouri district
- Cellphone data
- Extracted by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh
- Mir proclamation
- Issued July 20, 2026
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