Srinagar: A simple phone charger turned out to be the crucial clue that helped the Jammu and Kashmir Police track down and arrest a man accused of aiding the terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which left 25 tourists and one local resident dead, sources said.

The accused, Mohammad Yousuf Katari (26), a school teacher from Kulgam, was arrested in September after investigators established his links with the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and his role as an overground worker (OGW) who provided logistical support to the terrorists involved in the massacre.

They said Katari was zeroed in on after an analysis of equipment and weapons recovered from the LeT terrorists killed during Operation Mahadev, a prolonged counter-terror operation launched on May 22 after intellig

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