Jammu: Disgraced police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested and chargesheeted by the NIA in a terror case, was on Thursday dismissed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, an official order stated.
Singh was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in January final yr when he was ferrying terrorists of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen to Jammu from Kashmir. The case was investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) who filed a chargesheet towards Singh and others.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered Singh’s dismissal from service with “immediate effect” beneath Article 311 of the Constitution. This provision allows the federal government to withdraw presidential pleasure with out holding an inquiry and the choice can solely be contested in the excessive court docket.
A notification issued by the General Department of the Jammu and Kashmir administration stated “Accordingly, the Lieutenant Governor hereby dismisses Mr. Davinder Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Under Suspension) …From service, with immediate effect.”
According to the NIA chargesheet filed earlier than a particular court docket in Jammu final yr, Singh, who was posted in the delicate anti-hijacking unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, had been in fixed contact together with his handlers in the Pakistan High Commission who’ve since been repatriated to Islamabad.
Singh, who has been accused by the NIA of offering assist to banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, was tasked by his Pakistani handler with establishing a “contact” in the Ministry of External Affairs for finishing up espionage actions.
The 3,064-page chargesheet, filed beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code towards Singh and 5 others, gave a graphic description of the police officer’s involvement in offering shelter to the terrorists of the banned group.
The chargesheet stated he had saved the variety of his contact on the Pakistan High Commission as “Pak Bhai” (Pakistani brother). The contact had been giving him varied duties which included deployment of forces and arrival of “VIPs” in the Kashmir valley.
After having dedicated himself to Hizbul Mujahideen, Singh was requested by his Pakistani handler to ascertain a contact in the Ministry ofÂ
External Affairs in order that espionage actions could possibly be carried on the market.
However, Singh was unable to make any headway in the plan, the NIA officers stated.
The chargesheet, filed in the primary week of July final yr, accused Singh and others of waging “war against India” with the assistance of Pakistan-based terrorists and members of the nation’s excessive fee in Delhi.
Besides Singh, others named in the chargesheet are self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror group Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu, his brother Syed Irfan Ahmad in addition to the group’s alleged overground employee Irfan Shafi Mir, alleged confederate Rafi Ahmad Rather and businessman Tanveer Ahmad Wani, a former president of the Line of Control Traders Association.
Singh was arrested on January 11 this yr together with Naveed Babu, Rather and Mir, an advocate, when their automobile was intercepted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police close to Qazigund on the nationwide freeway that connects the valley with the remainder of the nation.
A search of the car led to the restoration of an AK-47 rifle, three pistols and a cache of ammunition and explosives. The NIA took over the case on January 17.
The investigation discovered that Singh, in an obvious bid to defend Naveed Babu, had shifted him together with the advocate to Jammu and organized secure shelter for them in February final yr.
Singh used his personal car for the motion of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and in addition assured them assist in procuring weapons, the NIA alleged.
Investigations present that the accused have been acquiring weapons and ammunition from throughout the border with the assistance of arms smugglers and Singh. These weapons have been later used for terrorist actions, it stated.Â
