Mehbooba Mufti seeks Sinha’s intervention in Parra re-arrest case

SRINAGAR : Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has sought J& K Lt governor Manoj Sinha’s intervention after Youth PDP president was rearrested hours after he was granted bail in a terror case, in the winter capital of Jammu.

Waheed Parra was granted bail by the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday, however, the counter- intelligence wing of J& K police, rearrested him.

Special judge Sunit Gupta released Parra on a surety of Rs 1 lakh. Parra was arrested by the NIA for his alleged involvement with Hizbul Mujahideen, on November 25 last year, a few days after filing his nomination as a People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration candidate for the District Development Council polls from Pulwama district.

“Despite NIA court granting bail to @parawahid after thorough court proceedings, he has now been detained by CIK in Jammu. Under what law & for what crime has he been arrested? This is brazen contempt of court,” Mehbooba Mufti said in a tweet.

Officials said that Parra was rearrested since politicians opposed his release and believe he may be popular among the youth in Kashmir.

When in jail, Waheed won the DDC elections from Pulwama by defeating a BJP candidate. The Jammu and Kashmir administration had recently started gathering details about the properties owned by the PDP youth president in Srinagar on the instructions of the NIA.

Parra was arrested for allegedly seeking Hizbul Mujahideen’s support for Mehbooba during the Parliamentary elections.