In-depth interrogation of three OGWs (terror assistants), including the driver who had brought the terrorists in a truck on the toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, has yielded many big clues. The handlers of the terrorists sitting in Pakistan and Kashmir had used WhatsApp through the Virtual Private Network (VPN) app to help the three Jaish commanders infiltrate the road between Samba and Hiranagar sector. Of course, the 2G network in Jammu and Kashmir has been restored recently, but anti-national elements are using VPN due to reduced speed.

Accused truck driver Sameer Ahmed Dar, Special Operation Group and National Investigation Agency (NIA) of the State Police are being questioned by Sartaj Mattoo and Asif Ahmed. Sameer Dar is the cousin of Adil Ahmed Dar, the mastermind of the Pulwama attack. In interrogating SOG officials, Sameer said that users of VPNs can use Internet facilities on their own. Jaish handlers in Pakistan had also instructed Sameer to use a VPN. During interrogation, Sameer also confessed that he had installed Ready to Use Magnetic RDX-containing IDs on some hoardings on Jammu Srinagar National Highway. These IIDs were to be activated by the third person to blow up the army vehicles from the explosion.

These IEDs were later defused by the security forces. This IED expert is sitting in Jammu as Sleeping Cell, which also has some students. Raids are being conducted from place to place in search of him. Clues found in the inquiry that Sameer Kashmir The university has a post-graduate in Geology Department. It is also being investigated who was involved in contact with handlers sitting in Pakistan and Kashmir.