The arrest of Jammu & Kashmir DSP DavinderSingh with two wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists has sent shockwaves acrossthe nation. Police are probing whether Davinder Singh had helped militantspreviously as well.
Amidst this, many details of Singh¡¯s activitiesare emerging.
One such is a letter written by Mohammad AfzalGuru -- a surrendered terrorist who was convicted and later hanged for the 2001Indian Parliament attack. Guru wrote a letter to his lawyer touching upon howthe Jammu and Kashmir Police tortured him.
In the letter, Guru made another shockingclaim.
Guru almost accused a Jammu and Kashmir policeofficer of being linked to the conspiracy to attack the Indian Parliament.
His claims were not investigated and thepolice officer remained in service. That police officer who found in mention inGuru¡¯s claims was Davinder Singh. The police are now probing whether DavinderSingh, who?joinedthe Jammu and Kashmir Police as a sub-inspector?in mid '90s, has helped militantspreviously as well.?
However, Guru¡¯s claims on a police officerbeing left investigated also reflect a lapse.
In a letter to his lawyer, Guru claimed howSingh allegedly tortured him as part of a larger conspiracy to get him to paypolice officers money.?He goes on to claim that Singh introduced him toone Mohammed and tasked him with the "small job" of ferrying Mohammedto Delhi and getting him a rented accommodation in the capital.
This apparently took place days before theParliament attack in Delhi and Mohammad was later identified as one of theterrorists who stormed the Parliament building on December 13, 2001.
All five terrorists were gunned down in policeaction.
Singh, who was decorated with President PoliceMedal about four months ago, continued to be grilled by a team of police andintelligence investigators. His office at Srinagar airport, where he was postedas deputy superintendent of police in the anti-hijacking squad, was sealed.
Police had carried out searches at hisresidence and seized two pistols and an AK rifle beside a large quantityof ammunition.
Singh, whose name had been cleared forpromotion as superintendent of police, is also likely to lose the gallantrymedal that was awarded to him last year, the officials said.