BJP wants NIA probe into Talib’s terror links
JAMMU: With the opposition attempting to corner the BJP over the arrest of a militant with alleged links to the saffron party, the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Tuesday demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into Talib Hussain Shah’s terror links.
J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina said, “Talib Hussain, a LeT terrorist and his accomplice, Faizal Ahmed Dar used to visit the BJP office pretending to be journalists. They would attend press conferences as reporters inside BJP offices and even covered political rallies”.
“Talib’s phone has shown photos and videos, which are disturbing. It seems that Talib recced our BJP J&K headquarters and even sent the pictures to people across LoC to LeT. Security agencies are investigating the matter,” said Raina.
Claiming that top J&K BJP leaders and office-bearers were on Talib Hussain’s hit-list, Raina sought a probe by the NIA .
Raina said, “This confirms the modified game plan of terrorists. Understanding the gravity of the matter, the party appeals to the LG Manoj Sinha to ask for a NIA probe into the matter to find out such more black sheep and their links. This is necessary to fail the nefarious designs of these terror organizations.” “They (terrorists) don’t have guts to face our brave security forces and hence they have changed their modus operandi. So this whole terror link must be thoroughly probed by NIA” said Raina. Raina also said the party has issued a show cause notice to Minority Morcha President Sheikh Bashir and asked him to reply within 48 hours. “He [Bashir] doesn’t have the authority to make any appointment. Every appointment in the party is made by the president,” the BJP leader said.