SRINAGAR: President of PDP’s youth wing Waheed Ur Rehman Para, who is currently in jail, on Tuesday won from the Pulwama-1 constituency by over one thousand votes. Para was arrested in Delhi by NIA five days after filing nomination papers for the District Development Council (DDC) elections for his alleged links with the Hizbul Mujahideen.
While Para polled 1322 votes, his nearest rival, BJP’s Sajad Ahmad Raina, got 314 votes.
Para was allegedly in close contact with Hizbul’s overground worker, Irrfan Shafi Mir, who was arrested in Kulgam along with suspended J&K DSP Davinder Singh for ferrying two terrorists to Jammu in January this year. According to NIA sources, Parra was part of a conspiracy to provide safe passage to Hizb terrorist Naveed Babu alias Syed Naveed Mustaq, a police deserter. Parra is close to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and is the 11th accused in the police-terrorist nexus case.