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DySP Devender Singh, Naveed Babu case: PDP youth wing president Waheed-ur-Rehman Para arrested by NIA

Para was questioned for two days at NIA headquarters Delhi

National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday arrested the PDP’s youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Para in connection with the DySP Devender Singh and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu’s arrest case.

Para’s arrest comes after NIA questioned him for two days at its New Delhi.

A top NIA official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) over phone from New Delhi that today, PDP youth wing president Para was questioned for the entire day in the New Delhi office of NIA and now he has been formally arrested.“

On January 12, DySP Devender Singh, along with Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu besides a lawyer were arrested while travelling in a vehicle from Srinagar to Jammu on January 19, this year. On June 19, suspended DySP managed to get the bail, while the NIA stated that it was investigating another case against DySP Singh.

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Kashmir News Observer (KNO) is a news agency in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Kashmir News Observer (KNO) is a news agency in Jammu and Kashmir.

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