Davinder Singh’s police custody extended till April 10

A Delhi court on Friday extended the police custody of suspended J&K Police officer Davinder Singh till April 10.

Special Judge Munish Markan of Delhi’s Patiala House Courtextended his custody after the city police said that he needs to be confronted withthree other accused in the case.

   

Singh was nabbed from Srinagar-Jammu highway on January 11while ferrying two militants, Naveed Babu alias Babar Azam, his associate AsifAhmad and a civilian.

Delhi Police’s Special Cell had brought Singh to Delhi fromHira Nagar Jail in J&K earlier this month, for interrogation in anothercase.

The custody of the other accused — Javed Iqbal, Syed NaveedMushtaq and Imran Shafi Mir — was also extended till April 10 by the court onthe police’s plea.

The court had earlier sent Mushtaq and others to the custodyof police till April 3 after the city police claimed that they were allegedlyplanning to execute attacks in the national capital and other parts of thecountry.

The police on Friday told the court that their interrogationwas required to “unearth the larger conspiracy and role of the accused, totrace the details of the financial transactions and to verify and trace otheroffenders.”

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