"Seven persons were arrested for criminal assault on the truck," the Director General of Police (DGP) said, adding that searches were on to nab another person involved in it.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said murder charges will now be slapped on the accused following the death of Zahid Ahmed, the conductor of the Kashmir-bound truck which was attacked on October 9 with petrol bomb, at a Delhi hospital today.
Those booked under the PSA are Sandoor Singh, Danesh alias Pamma, Harish Singh Katoch, Balbahadur Singh alias Abbu and Varinder Singh alias Kaka, an official said.
The DGP said that the district police submitted a dossier of five persons involved in the attack having a criminal history as several FIRs have already been lodged against them.
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"These persons have been booked for planning and executing a criminal conspiracy aiming at disturbing peace and public order in the state under the pre-designed and motivated plan," DGP Kumar said.
Further investigation in the matter was conducted which also revealed that apart from the instant criminal conspiracy aimed at disturbing peace and order in the state they were involved in series of criminal assaults and a number of FIRs have been lodged against them.
Deputy Commissioner Choudhary said that till now the government was concentrating on criminal act (committed by the accused), however, the secondary information revealed during investigation will be dealt separately.