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NIA to establish Liyaqat's credentials, says
top cop
Sunday March 31, 2013 05:11:38 PM,
IANS
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Jammu: Jammu and
Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad Sunday said
the ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe would
establish whether Syed Liyaqat Shah "is a terrorist or innocent".
Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a police function
here, the DGP said: "The NIA is probing the arrest of Liyaqat Shah
by Delhi Police. It will establish if he is a terrorist or
innocent."
Shah, 47, was arrested by Delhi Police from Gorakhpur in Uttar
Pradesh March 20.
Police claimed to have averted a "fidayeen" (suicide) terror
attack in Delhi with his arrest. They said Shah was a suspected
Hizbul Mujahideen militant.
He has been remanded to judicial custody till April 12.
The family of Sayed Liyaqat Shah claimed that he was returning
home to the Kashmir Valley via Nepal from Pakistan under the Jammu
and Kashmir government's rehabilitation policy for surrendered
militants.
According to sources in Jammu and Kashmir's home department,
Liyaqat figures in a list of over 200 former militants whose
relatives had applied to the state government for rehabilitation
under a policy initiated in 2010, and meant for militants wishing
to surrender and return to the mainstream.
"His application is under process, but he chose to come illegally
through the Nepal route," sources said.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also held
discussions with union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on the
issue of Liyaqat Shah's return.
Later, the union home ministry ordered a probe by the NIA to
establish the facts and submit a report at the earliest.
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