The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Jammu & Kashmir’s LoC Trade Organisation president Tanveer Ahmed Wani in connection with the case related to suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh, who was caught "escorting" terrorists out of the Valley in his vehicle.
Officials said Wani was summoned to the NIA headquarters here on Thursday and questioned about providing funds to Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Syed Naveed Mushtaq Ahmed, alias Naveed Babu, and others.
After ascertaining his suspected role in terror funding, the sleuths arrested him and he was taken to Jammu, to be produced before the designated NIA court.
Wani's arrest is the sixth in the case being probed under various sections of Indian Penal Code, Arms Act, Explosives Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Besides Wani, the agency had earlier arrested the the Deputy SP, Naveed, Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Rafi Ahmed Rather and Irfan Shafi Mir, who claims to be an advocate.
Naveed's brother, Syed Irfan Ahmed, was also arrested after he was brought from Punjab. Irfan was in constant touch with his brother Naveed who had asked him to look for an accommodation in Chandigarh where they could go to escape the harsh winter of Kashmir.
The case came to light after Singh, who was accompanying Naveed, Mir and Rather, was intercepted by police near Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway last month and arrested. Singh's arrest came following a tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau.
Naveed and his associates Mir and Rather were suspected to be traveling to the national capital before being apprehended by the police. Naveed carried a reward of Rs 20 lakh on his head and was on the hit-list of the Army.
Singh is suspected to have been facilitating a host of terrorists in lieu of money for providing them hideouts as also official vehicles for transporting them within the Valley and beyond.