Arrested PDP youth leader wins: ‘Now that he has won, we are living in the hope of his release’
Arrested PDP youth leader wins: ‘Now that he has won, we are living in the hope of his release’
The PDP’s youth wing leader was arrested by the NIA on November 25, five days after he filed nomination papers, in connection with a terror case against suspended J&K police officer Devinder Singh. Updated: December 23, 2020 11:38:27 am
Parra was arrested in November last year, three days after he had filed his nomination papers for District Development Council elections from Pulwama
JUST AFTER 2 pm, two men walked out of the counting centre at Government Degree College for Women in Pulwama, holding a sheet of paper and barely able to contain their smiles. “He won, Waheed won.” While the final vote count was yet to be announced, the lead was unassailable.
»Jailed PDP Youth Leader Waheed Ur Rehman Para Wins DDC Seat from Pulwama, Mufti Says Couldn t Be Prouder
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Jailed PDP Youth Leader Waheed Ur Rehman Para Wins DDC Seat from Pulwama, Mufti Says Couldn t Be Prouder
PDP youth president Waheed Ur Rehman Para
PDP youth president Waheed Ur Rehman Para was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 25, a few days after filing nomination papers as a People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) candidate.
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PDP youth president Waheed Ur Rehman Para, who is in custody of the National Investigation Agency for alleged links with militants, on Tuesday won the District Development Council (DDC) elections from Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir. Para defeated BJP candidate Sajad Ahmad Raina.
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.
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