PDP youth wing leader Parra arrested by NIA in connection with terror case

PDP youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Parra was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in securing their assist throughout the 2019 parliamentary elections, officers stated right here.

The officers alleged that Parra, who lately filed his nomination for district Development Council (DDC) elections from Pulwama in South Kashmir, was arrested for his alleged “close links” with Irfan Shafi Mir, arrested alongside with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu and suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh.

According to officers, throughout investigation into Singh’s affiliation with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, the NIA got here throughout the cellphone data of Mir which confirmed that he was in shut contact with Parra.

The spokesperson of the NIA solely gave a short assertion saying “today NIA arrested Waheed Ur Rehman Parra, the youth wing leader of People’s Democratic Party, in connection with the Naveed Babu-Davinder Singh case for supporting Hizbul Mujahideen in conspiracy with the other accused persons.”

During questioning, Mir had claimed that Parra had actively sought his assist throughout the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for social gathering candidate Mehbooba Mufti, who can also be the president of PDP, the officers stated.

Meanwhile, Mehbooba reacted on Twitter saying that “BJP milks illegal scrapping of Article 370 in every nook and corner of the country. But when it comes to Kashmiris questioning its abrogation they are locked up and punished. Everyone knows at whose behest Devinder Singh worked for. Ironic that they have the gall (sic) to blame others.”

She additionally stated that Waheed has no connection in any respect with Singh and “is being falsely charged. All just to blackmail and intimidate PDP and other mainstream political parties in JK“.

Officials said that Parra, who was being interrogated for the last two days at the NIA headquarters, was not cooperating during the questioning prompting the agency to place him under arrest.

Mir was acting as a front man for Naveed Babu and indulging in political support against monetary and other gains, the officials said.

Mir, who has emerged as a “double agent”, was arrested alongside with Singh and Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu and confederate Rafi Ahmad Rather.

Mir was sitting in the automotive pushed by Singh on January 11 alongside with Naveed and Rather when their automotive was intercepted by Jammu and Kashmir Police close to Qazigund on the nationwide freeway connecting 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 NIA filed the cost sheet beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code in opposition to Mir, Singh, Naveed, his brother Syed Irfan Ahmad, Rather and businessman Tanveer Ahmad Wani, former president of the Line of Control Traders Association.

According to the NIA, the accused had been a part of a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen and Pakistani State companies “to commit violent acts and to wage war against the Union of India“.

During his extensive questioning, the NIA said Mir told them he had met Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salauddin, his deputy Amir Khan, the so-called operational chief Khursheed Alam and the terror group’s financial head Nazar Mehmood where the broad concept of “Bleeding Heart” was mentioned.

Later throughout his keep in Pakistan, Mir had a gathering with ISI officers like Umar Cheema, Ahshan Chaudhary and Sohail Abbas who additionally tasked him to work on a brand new “Hawala (non-banking) channel” for switch of cash for sustaining terrorist actions in the Kashmir valley.