Jammu and Kashmir Police force was at par with the National Investigation Agency to carry out the detailed probe of the Davinder Singh involvement with the militants. Some recoveries have been made from his residence.
A decorated Jammu and Kashmir police officer, Davinder Singh, currently posted with the anti-hijacking wing at Srinagar International Airport, has been arrested by the police while he was transporting two dreaded terrorists, involved in targeted killing of labourers and apple traders, from Shopian to New Delhi.
Davinder Singh’s dubious past may also come to haunt him during the course of investigations in the case.
Stunned, J&K police officers along with sleuths of Central Intelligence agencies have already launched investigations in the case to unravel the truth.
DYSP Davinder Singh was awarded the President’s Medal for his role in anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir in 2017.
Davinder Singh’s dubious past may also come to haunt him during the course of investigations in the case. Earlier, he had made headlines after a letter written by Afzal Guru, the parliament attack convict, in 2013 claimed the officer had asked him to accompany a parliament attack accused to Delhi.
Confirming the news of his arrest, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar, Sunday said it was a “heinous crime” and Davinder Singh was being treated on par with the terrorists and jointly interrogated by all security agencies.
IGP, Vijay Kumar said, “The police officer has worked on several anti-militancy operations. But the circumstances under which he was arrested yesterday when he was driving the car with terrorists towards Jammu is a heinous crime. That is why he is being treated at par with the terrorists,” the IGP said.
“He has been properly arrested, has been brought under remand and his interrogation is on. The investigation is at an initial stage and I cannot share anything further. The investigation is on and we have got several leads which we will not like to share as the operation is on”.
The IGP denied allegations about Jammu and Kashmir Police”s involvement with militants, saying “it cannot be generalised”.
Referring to the 2001 Parliament Attack case, the IGP said there was no record of the arrested police officer’s involvement in the Parliament attack case as was being reported in a section of the media. “We have no such records and I have no information, but we will ask him about this,” he said.
Giving details of Saturday”s operation, Kumar said the Shopian Superintendent of Police had got a specific intelligence input that two terrorists were traveling in a vehicle on the national highway towards Jammu.
“The SP Shopian informed me and I directed DIG south Kashmir and a Naka was laid. The car was searched and two wanted terrorists were there. A deputy superintendent of police was also there along with a resident who is an advocate and a listed OGW (overground worker) in our records,” he said.
The IGP said the terrorists and the police officer were interrogated by the police and then all agencies, including intelligence agencies IB and RAW, working in the valley.
“I called all the security forces and agencies for a joint interrogation which is still going on. One of the terrorists has been identified as a top commander Naveed who was a police constable in 2017 and had decamped with four rifles from Budgam. He has been involved in police and civilian killings and threatening orchardists. 17 FIRs have been registered against him. He is the district commander of Shopian and 2IC of HM commander Riyaz Naikoo,” Kumar said.
He said the case has been registered into the incident under the Unlawful Activities Act and the Arms Act.
Asked if any recovery has been made from the residence of the police officer, Kumar said some recoveries have been made.
“It is a matter of investigation and the recovery has been brought into the case FIR,” he said.
Asked whether his involvement with militants was a bigger security risk as the officer was posted in the anti-hijacking unit of the police at the Srinagar airport, the IGP said, “The joint interrogation is on in which all agencies – security forces, police, IB, RAW, CID, all are involved and that has been done as this is a sensitive matter and so that no loopholes are there.”
He said the owner of the vehicle is being verified.
The IGP denied allegations about Jammu and Kashmir Police”s involvement with militants, saying “it cannot be generalised”.
“You cannot generalise, there is no involvement of JK Police,” he said, also adding that the Jammu and Kashmir Police force was at par with the National Investigation Agency to carry out the detailed probe of the officer’s involvement with the militants.
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