NIA To Quiz Former Jammu And Kashmir MLA For Links With Hizbul Mujahideen Commander

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will question former Jammu and Kashmir MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid for his links with self-styled Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed ‘Babu’, arrested along with suspended Jammu and Kashmir Police DSP Davinder Singh, officials said here on Monday. Naveed had claimed that he was in touch with Mr Rashid, they said.

Mr Rashid, popularly known as ‘Rashid Engineer’ and leader of the Awami Ittihad Party (AIP), contested as an Independent candidate in the 2014 Assembly constituency from Langate in North Kashmir. He is at present in judicial custody at Tihar Jail after he was arrested by the NIA on August 9 in connection with a case related to the funding of terror activities in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir.