J&K cop arrested with Hizbul members to be treated as Terrorist: Police

New Delhi: The Jammu-Kashmir police confirmed the involvement of one of its senior officers in terrorism and said that he will be dealt with “as a terrorist”.

“Yesterday, during an operation in Shopian, one Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was arrested along with wanted Hizbul Mujahideen militants, while they were travelling together in a vehicle on the National Highway,” Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police, told reporters in Srinagar today.

Singh, who was captured with terrorists when he was travelling with them in a car on National Highway in south Kashmir, is being jointly interrogated by security agencies, said the police official.

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The operation to arrest Davinder Singh was launched after a tip from the Superintendent of Police in Shopian district, after which Mr Kumar and other cops tracked down and stopped the car.

The other two persons arrested from the car were Rafi Ahmad Rather, a resident of Shopian who is a Hizbul militant, and Ifan Shafi, an advocate of Shopian.

The IG also said that a case under FIR No 5/2020 and under section 7/25 Indian arms act, ¾ explosive substances act, section 18,19,20,38, 29 unlawful activities act has been registered.