Davinder Singh, posted as the deputy superintendent of police, was arrested on Saturday along with three terrorists. (Photo Credit: File)
New Delhi:
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over a case in which a senior Jammu and Kashmir police officer was arrested while ferrying three terrorists out of the Union Territory. Davinder Singh, posted as the deputy superintendent of police, was arrested on Saturday along with Naveed Babu, self-styled district commander of banned Hizbul Mujahideen, a new recruit Atif and an advocate Irfan Mir.
Police recovered arms and ammunition from the car they were travelling in near Qazigund on the national highway in south Kashmir. After receiving orders from the Union Home Ministry, the NIA has re-registered this case and started the investigation, the spokesman said.
Rattled by the arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Davinder Singh, the administration of Jammu and Kashmir have decided to change the security arrangements at the airports in the Union Territory. Latest reports suggest that the CISF has taken over the security of Jammu and Srinagar airports. “The proposal for replacement of the CRPF and J&K Police, presently responsible for ensuring the security of airports in the Union Territory of J&K, by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been engaging attention of authorities for quite some time,” the order said. “This issue (CISF security at Srinagar and Jammu airports) has acquired immediacy in view of the recent developments relating to the arrest of Davinder Singh, DySP airport security, for trying to assist militants to travel to other parts of the country,” the order issued by the Home Department to the Director General of Police added.
Was arrested Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Davinder Singh involved in 2001 Parliament attack? This is the question that the security agencies would be probing, a latest report on Thursday said. According to an NDTV report, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbagh Singh said that nobody is above the law and everything can be probed. The remark gains significance amid the ongoing probe by the National Investigation Agency. Now-suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, Davinder Singh was arrested on Saturday in a car along with three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists. The links between Davinder Singh and the 2001 Parliament attack are not new. Earlier, Afzal Guru, the prime accused in the case had alleged that it was Singh who had sent him to Delhi and made other key arrangements just before the attack.
