Delhi court grants bail to suspended J&K DSP Davinder Singh in terror case

Suspended Jammu and Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh, arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Friday, his lawyer said. 

Singh and another accused in the case — Irfan Shafi Mir — were granted the relief by the court in a case filed by the special cell of Delhi Police, noting that the probe agency failed to file charge-sheet within 90 days from his arrest, as prescribed under the law, their lawyer M S Khan said. The bail was granted on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of like amount.

Shortly after, the NIA released an official statement saying that, 'Accused J&K DSP Davinder Singh continues to be in judicial custody in the NIA case. We have adequate evidence against him and he will be charge-sheeted in due course.'

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Hands in aiding terrorists

Davinder Singh was suspended in January even as it emerged that he had sheltered three terrorists, arrested along with him, at his residence here right next to the Army's XV corps headquarters at Badami Bagh cantonment. Singh, who was decorated with President Police Medal last year, was grilled by a team of police and intelligence investigators. His office at Srinagar airport, where he was posted as deputy superintendent of police in the anti-hijacking squad, was sealed. Police had carried out searches at his residence and seized two pistols and an AK rifle beside a large quantity of ammunition.

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Afzal Guru link

In a letter written in 2013, Afzal Guru, who was executed after being convicted for the Parliament attack, explained how "DSP Davinder Singh", the then deputy superintendent of police of Special Operations Group, had asked him to "take Mohammad", a co-accused in the Parliament attack case, "to Delhi, rent a flat for his stay and purchase a car for him". However, the angle was probed and could not be substantiated with any evidence, the officials said. Afzal Guru was hung to death in February 2013 for his role in the terror operation.

(With inputs from PTI)

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