2 min readJammu, SrinagarUpdated: Aug 13, 2026 09:45 PM IST
The Railway Police in Jammu have arrested a man allegedly involved in the 1991 bomb blast at Jammu Railway Station, marking the first breakthrough in the case in 35 years.
Three people, including two paramilitary troopers, had died and 18 were injured in the blast on Jammu Railway Station’s Platform No. 1. The J&K Police said Thursday that the Government Railway Police (GRP), Jammu, arrested absconding terrorist Altaf Hussain Sheikh, a resident of Bijbehara, Anantnag, after 35 years. The accused had allegedly gone underground and was subsequently living under an assumed identity for decades.
This comes two years after GRP Jammu launched an intensive manhunt to find the suspect. Police said they had verified his identity by “minutely going into details of his identity and residential particulars and discovered him living under a concealed identity who had established himself as a successful businessman in the Bijbehara area.”
This is the second arrest in the case. One suspect, Aman Ullah Khan, was arrested on the day of the blast, with the police now looking for the remaining accused.
All suspects in the case face charges under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1991.
Sheikh was produced before a TADA court Thursday.