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BJP distances itself from arrested sarpanch in NIA case

Tribune News Service
Updated At : 11:42 AM May 02, 2020 IST

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Srinagar, May 1

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Kashmir unit today distanced itself from the South Kashmir sarpanch arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for providing ‘logistic support’ to militants.

” Tariq Ahmed Mir, who was recently arrested by NIA, was terminated from the party in October 2018 for his anti-party activities. The reports that he is a BJP sarpanch are far from reality as the panchayat polls were held on non-party basis in J&K,” BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur said in a statement.

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“Mir, who joined the BJP was immediately sacked after he was found involved in anti-party activities and indulging in acts that didn’t suit the party,” he added.

Mir, a resident of Maldeera village in Shopian district, was arrested during the NIA probe in connection with a police-militant nexus case.

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