After Arrest, Focus Back On Afzal

Kashmir inspector-general of police Vijay Kumar on Sunday confirmed that a decorated police officer caught travelling with two militants had been arrested and would be questioned about a claim Afzal Guru had made, as the ghost of the executed Parliament attack convict returned to haunt Valley authorities. “This police officer has worked in many anti-militancy operations but the way he was captured yesterday…. It is a heinous crime…. We have arrested him and brought him on remand,” Kumar told reporters, breaking his silence on DSP Davinder Singh’s arrest on Saturday. Davinder, who received the President’s police award last year, was caught travelling with two Hizb militants in Anantnag. His arrest has brought the focus back on Guru, who was hanged in 2013 after being convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case.