Mehbooba visits Waheed Parra’s residence in Pulwama

PULWAMA — Former CM and Jammu Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday visited the house of detained PDP youth president, Waheed-ul-Rehman Para at Naira Pulwama to meet with his family members.

It is pertinent to mention that PDP youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Parra was arrested by the National Investigation Agency & produced before NIA court in Jammu.

Court granted 15 days police remand for Parra on 27th of November as applied by NIA. Earlier, he was produced in a Delhi court which gave a transit remand to produce him in Jammu court.

Parra, who recently filed his nomination for District Development Council (DDC) elections from Pulwama in south Kashmir, was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged “close links” with Irfan Shafi Mir, arrested along with Hizbul Mujahideen militant Naveed Babu and suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, Devender Singh.

According to officials, during investigation into Singh’s association with Hizbul Mujahideen, the NIA came across the phone records of Mir which showed that he was in close touch with Parra.

Mir had claimed during questioning that Parra had sought his support during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for their party candidate Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and also the president of PDP.