NIA Files Charge Sheet Against Davinder Singh for Hizb Conspiracy
The QuintOn 11 January, the J&K Police apprehended a vehicle in which two “dreaded terrorists of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen” were travelling: the terror outfit’s Shopian and Ganderbal commander Syed Naveed Mushtaq, as well as Rafi Ahmad Rather. Three more men, including Mushtaq’s younger brother, were arrested from January to April for being part of what the NIA terms a “conspiracy to extend support to the banned terrorist organisation Hizb-ul-Mujahideen by way of raising and transferring funds to the HM militants, harbouring them and supplying them arms, ammunition and explosives to carry out subversive activities”. They allege that the Pakistan-based leadership of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen have been conspiring with the “Pakistani establishment”, including ISI officials such as Umar Cheema, Ahshan Chaudhary and Sohail Abbas. The conspiracy involved identifying ways to fund, arm and sustain the banned terror outfit’s operations in J&K.