SRINAGAR: A special NIA court in Jammu granted bail to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) youth wing chief Waheed-ur-Rehman Para in a terror conspiracy case on Saturday. Para has been in NIA custody since November 25, 2020, for alleged links with proscribed outfit Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and even got elected as a district development council member in south Kashmir while in custody.
“We have received Para’s bail order and studying the same. An appropriate appeal would be filed after legal counsel,” a top NIA official said.
The investigation agency had earlier said it arrested Para based on the statement of suspended J&K DSP Davinder Singh, who was taken into custody along with HM terrorist Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu on January 11, 2020. Para had also allegedly provided Rs 10 lakh to HM terrorists in 2018 to purchase weapons to carry out terror strikes in J&K during the tenure of Mehbooba Mufti.