Yusuf Chopan, an accused in the Pulwama attack conspiracy case, was granted bail on February 18 by a Delhi court after National Investigation Agency failed to file a chargesheet due to lack of “sufficient” evidence. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, on February 14, 2019, over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a daring terror attack on the convoy on the J&K national highway. The attack became a key poll plank for Bharatiya Janata Party, which raked up ‘hyper nationalism’ anti-Pakistan rhetoric and romped back to power with an even better seat tally. In fact, the arrest in January this year of a decorated senior Jammu & Kashmir police officer, Davinder Singh, along with two Hizbul Mujahideen men, when they were on their way to Delhi, also kicked up a political row, as Singh was posted in Pulwama at the time of the terror attack.
— source newsclick.in | 27 Feb 2020