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NIA to probe Liyaqat arrest
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Venkat Parsa New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday handed over inquiry into the controversial arrest of Liyaqat Shah by the...
Venkat Parsa 
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday handed over inquiry into the controversial arrest of Liyaqat Shah by the Delhi Police to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Delhi Police dubbed Liyaqat Shah as a dreaded terrorist, out to stage a terror strike in the Capital during Holi festivities. This was disputed by Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who said Liyaqat Shah was a surrendered militant and was returning via Nepal, under the Surrendered Militant Policy. The Jammu & Kashmir Police and Delhi Police have vastly different versions on why Liyaqat Shah entered India via the Nepal border last week.A Family of Liyaqat Shah also maintained that he was a former militant, who had already surrendered and was part of a group returning from Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, as part of the rehabilitation policy. Liyaqat Shah's wife and the Jammu & Kashmir Police insist that he was a militant, whose return to his home State had been sanctioned by Central and State Government agencies as part of surrender and rehabilitation policy offered to those, who had crossed into Pakistan, did not participate in terror-related activities and wanted to resettle in Kashmir. The Delhi Police, which arrested Liyaqat Shah on March 20, said it had received a tip-off in February that Liyaqat was headed to Delhi to execute a terror strike on the instructions of the Hizbul Mujahideen. It says it intercepted Liyaqat in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and that he then confessed that arms and ammunition were waiting for him in a guest house in Delhi. An AK-56 assault rifle, two magazines with 30 cartridges each and three hand grenades were later recovered by the police. A sketch of a man who allegedly left the arms at the guesthouse for Liyaqat was released by the police on Sunday. The Delhi Police claims that it has yet to receive any written communication from the Jammu & Kashmir Police about Liyaqat's case. It also says that if Liyaqat had been allowed to return as part of the amnesty plan for militants, no information had been shared with Delhi Police officials, which had informed the Home Ministry about Liyaqat's alleged terror plan.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday handed over inquiry into the controversial arrest of Liyaqat Shah by the Delhi Police to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Delhi Police dubbed Liyaqat Shah as a dreaded terrorist, out to stage a terror strike in the Capital during Holi festivities. This was disputed by Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who said Liyaqat Shah was a surrendered militant and was returning via Nepal, under the Surrendered Militant Policy. The Jammu & Kashmir Police and Delhi Police have vastly different versions on why Liyaqat Shah entered India via the Nepal border last week.A Family of Liyaqat Shah also maintained that he was a former militant, who had already surrendered and was part of a group returning from Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, as part of the rehabilitation policy. Liyaqat Shah's wife and the Jammu & Kashmir Police insist that he was a militant, whose return to his home State had been sanctioned by Central and State Government agencies as part of surrender and rehabilitation policy offered to those, who had crossed into Pakistan, did not participate in terror-related activities and wanted to resettle in Kashmir. The Delhi Police, which arrested Liyaqat Shah on March 20, said it had received a tip-off in February that Liyaqat was headed to Delhi to execute a terror strike on the instructions of the Hizbul Mujahideen. It says it intercepted Liyaqat in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and that he then confessed that arms and ammunition were waiting for him in a guest house in Delhi. An AK-56 assault rifle, two magazines with 30 cartridges each and three hand grenades were later recovered by the police. A sketch of a man who allegedly left the arms at the guesthouse for Liyaqat was released by the police on Sunday. The Delhi Police claims that it has yet to receive any written communication from the Jammu & Kashmir Police about Liyaqat's case. It also says that if Liyaqat had been allowed to return as part of the amnesty plan for militants, no information had been shared with Delhi Police officials, which had informed the Home Ministry about Liyaqat's alleged terror plan.
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