The NIA on Sunday conducted searches at multiple locations in Jammu &Kashmir in connection with the case involving arrested Jammu &Kashmir Deputy Superintendant of Police Davinder Singh accused of providing shelter and safe passage to terrorists.
The searched premises include that of Deputy Commander Hizbul Mujahedeen Rahil Hamid Magray in Ganwopra, Shopian, Naveed Babu and Rafi Ahmed Rather.
Both Babu and Rather were arrested along with Jammu & Kashmir police DSP Davinder Singh last month by Jammu & Kashmir police from Kulgam district.
Multiple NIA teams fanned across various parts of south Kashmir and conducted searches at some private offices and residences, officials said.
The NIA had recently taken over the case in which Jammu & Kashmir’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh, who has since been suspended, was caught in south Kashmir while ferrying two terrorists out of the valley on January 11.
The searches come days after NIA officers interrogated all the accused arrested in the case till so far.
Besides Singh, the others arrested in the case include Syed Naveed Mushtaq Ahmed alias Naveed Babu, who is a self-styled commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Rafi Ahmed Rather and Irfan Shafi Mir, who claims to be an advocate.
Later, Naveed’s brother, Syed Irfan Ahmed, was also arrested on January 23 after he was brought from Punjab. He was in constant touch with his brother and had asked him to look for an accommodation in Chandigarh as an alternate hideout, officials said.
DSP Davinder Singh along with alleged terrorists Naveed Babu and Rather were arrested by the Jammu &Kashmir police following a tip off from the Intelligence Bureau.