{"id":39253,"date":"2021-08-02T15:16:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=39253"},"modified":"2021-08-02T15:16:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:46:30","slug":"ex-cop-caught-ferrying-militants-let-off-the-hook-while-innocent-kashmiris-rot-in-jails-mehbooba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=39253","title":{"rendered":"Ex-cop caught ferrying militants let off the hook while innocent Kashmiris rot in jails: Mehbooba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Srinagar: <\/em><\/strong><em>PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that former Jammu and Kashmir police officer Davinder Singh, who was caught ferrying militants in a vehicle last year, was let off the hook by the Centre while innocent Kashmiris rot in jails for years under anti-terror laws.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Accusing the government of having double standards, Mehbooba said Kashmiris are \u201cconsidered guilty until proven innocent\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mehbooba\u201ds remarks came after a copy of a government order dated May 20 dismissing Singh, a deputy superintendent of police, from service went viral on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had ordered Singh\u201ds dismissal from service with \u201cimmediate effect\u201d under Article 311 of the Constitution, according to the official order. This provision enables the government to withdraw presidential pleasure without holding an inquiry and the decision can only be contested in the high court.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cInnocent Kashmiris arrested under anti-terror laws rot in jails for years. For them the trial becomes the punishment. But GOI (Government of India) doesn\u201dt want an enquiry against a cop caught red-handed with militants. Is it because he colluded with the system to orchestrate certain dodgy incidents?\u201d Mehbooba asked in a tweet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She said Kashmiris are \u201cconsidered guilty until proven innocent\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhether for governments job or even a passport, they (Kashmiris) are subjected to the worst kind of scrutiny. But when a policeman is known to have facilitated militants he is let off the hook. The double standards &amp; dirty games is obvious,\u201d she added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Singh was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in January last year when he was ferrying Hizbul Mujahideen militants to Jammu from Kashmir. The case was investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and it filed a charge sheet against Singh and others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to the NIA charge sheet, Singh was tasked by his Pakistani handler with establishing a \u201ccontact\u201d in the Ministry of External Affairs for carrying out espionage activities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Singh used his own vehicle for the movement of the Hizbul Mujahideen militants and also assured them help in procuring weapons, the NIA alleged.\u2014(PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that former Jammu and Kashmir police officer Davinder Singh, who was caught ferrying militants in a vehicle last year, was let off the hook by the Centre while innocent Kashmiris rot in jails for years under anti-terror laws. Accusing the government of having double standards, Mehbooba said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}