Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth President, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, was granted bail by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jammu city on Saturday.A PDP spokesman confirmed that Waheed Para was released on bail by the NIA .
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.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, on Saturday questioned the right of the local counter intelligence wing to arrest PDP leader Waheed Para after he was granted bail by a .
Parra was arrested for his alleged links with banned terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. Waheed Ur Rehman Parra | Photo Credit: Twitter
Youth president of PDP, Waheed ur Rehman Parra, who was arrested by NIA for alleged links with terror outfit, Hizbul Mujahideen, was granted bail by the court today.
Special Judge NIA, Sunit Gupta, granted bail to Parra after he furnished surety bond of one lakh rupees.
The judge ordered that Parra cannot leave the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) without prior written permission of this court during the period of bail.
While granting bail, the court asked Parra to surrender his passport with the investigating officer of NIA against proper receipt.