Mehbooba Mufti once spoke to Hizbul terrorist Naveed Babu: NIA
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti knew arrested Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu and had additionally spoken to him once, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claimed in a chargesheet filed in reference to the case associated to arrested former J&Okay DSP Davinder Singh.
This is for the primary time that title of Mufti has come up in any of the instances being probed by the NIA in Jammu and Kashmir.
An NIA official associated to the probe instructed IANS, “The name of the former Chief Minister has emerged in the case related to arrested DSP Davinder Singh and HM terrorist Naveed Babu.”
The NIA has filed a supplementary chargesheet towards three individuals, together with arrested Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth wing chief Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, who allegedly labored as a financier for Hizbul Mujahideen in reference to the case.
The official mentioned that Mufti knew Hizbul terrorist Naveed Babu and had even spoken to him once. However, the official refused to share extra particulars.
The NIA in its supplementary chargesheet has claimed that Parra was a part of the “conspiracy” to increase and switch terror funds to Hizbul Mujahideen militants for the procurement of terrorist {hardware} and was additionally a vital participant in sustaining the political-separatist-terrorist nexus in J&Okay.
Parra was instrumental within the revival of the PDP in south Kashmir, particularly within the militancy-affected Pulwama district.
Besides Parra, the NIA has additionally named two gun runners — Shaheen Ahmad Lone and Tafazul Hussain Parimoo — in reference to the case.
Suspended police officer Singh is at the moment lodged in Kathua jail at Hiranagar in Jammu division. He was arrested by the police on January 11 final yr from the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway whereas transporting two Hizabul terrorists — Naveed Babu and Rafi Ahmad Rather — and a legislation college dropout, Irfan Shafi Mir, to Jammu.
After the arrest of Singh, preliminary investigations have been achieved by the J&Okay Police earlier than the case was handed over to the NIA. The police had mentioned that the 2 terrorists and the lawyer had deliberate to journey to Pakistan.
The NIA had earlier claimed that its probe has revealed that the accused have been a part of a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by the Hizbul and Pakistan to commit violent acts and wage battle towards India.
Mufti had lately skipped an Enforcement Directorate (ED) summon for questioning in reference to a money-laundering probe.
(With IANS inputs)