Bail to suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah by a Delhi court is proving to be a bigger headache for Ministry of Home Affairs. Two of its units – Delhi Police and National Investigative Agency (NIA) – are involved in the case.
While Delhi police claimed to have foiled a terror attack by arresting him, NIA later took over the case after controversy arose on his arrest, including a voice of dissent from Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah.
Sources in the ministry expressed its apprhensions on various issues which could be misused by anti-national elements to create tension and tarnish the image of the country and said in view of the sensitivity of the matter, it will take time in investigation of the issue.
Delhi police had claimed to have arrested him on 20 March while crossing the Indo-Nepal border in Gorakhpur with his family and had said that with his arrest, it had foiled a conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in the capital ahead of Holi.
Jammu & Kashmir police, however, insisted that he was one of those who had ex-filtrated in 1990s and returned to India to surrender under the state’s rehabilitation policy. Sources said that as the matter is very sensitive, the agency will take every thing in consideration before its next move. So far NIA has not found any substantial linkage regarding his involvement in the conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in Delhi, which the court had also noted while granting him bail.
The court had also said that till date prosecution has failed to make out a prima facie case against him.
Shah was granted bail few days back with certain conditions. These conditions were that he will not leave the country without prior permission of the court, shall not change his address village Dardpura, PS Lalpora district Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir without prior permission of this court, shall mark his attendance in local police station on first day of each month till disposal of this case and shall surrender his passport, if any, to NIA.
While Delhi police claimed to have foiled a terror attack by arresting him, NIA later took over the case after controversy arose on his arrest, including a voice of dissent from Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah.
Sources in the ministry expressed its apprhensions on various issues which could be misused by anti-national elements to create tension and tarnish the image of the country and said in view of the sensitivity of the matter, it will take time in investigation of the issue.
Delhi police had claimed to have arrested him on 20 March while crossing the Indo-Nepal border in Gorakhpur with his family and had said that with his arrest, it had foiled a conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in the capital ahead of Holi.
Jammu & Kashmir police, however, insisted that he was one of those who had ex-filtrated in 1990s and returned to India to surrender under the state’s rehabilitation policy. Sources said that as the matter is very sensitive, the agency will take every thing in consideration before its next move. So far NIA has not found any substantial linkage regarding his involvement in the conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in Delhi, which the court had also noted while granting him bail.
The court had also said that till date prosecution has failed to make out a prima facie case against him.
Shah was granted bail few days back with certain conditions. These conditions were that he will not leave the country without prior permission of the court, shall not change his address village Dardpura, PS Lalpora district Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir without prior permission of this court, shall mark his attendance in local police station on first day of each month till disposal of this case and shall surrender his passport, if any, to NIA.