NIA arrests BJP sarpanch in suspended cop case

Tribune News Service Srinagar, April 30 The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the police-militant nexus in Kashmir, has arrested a BJP sarpanch from south Kashmir in connection with the arrest of tainted police officer Davinder Singh along with...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:52 PM May 01, 2020 IST

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, April 30

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the police-militant nexus in Kashmir, has arrested a BJP sarpanch from south Kashmir in connection with the arrest of tainted police officer Davinder Singh along with the Hizbul Mujahideen militants in January.

The investigating agency has arrested Tariq Ahmad Mir of Maldeera village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district for providing logistic support to militants in Jammu and Kashmir.

An NIA official said Mir was in touch with Davinder Singh, the suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police.

“We have arrested (Tariq) Mir for his alleged role in providing logistic support to militants. We have taken him on police remand for six days,” said an NIA spokesperson. Officials said he had provided support to militants in Kashmir on several occasions.

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