The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested its former SP Arvind Digvijay Negi for allegedly sharing a confidential doc with an overground employee of the Lashker-e-Taiba.
Having labored with the NIA since its inception, Negi not too long ago went again to his cadre and residential state Himachal Pradesh. Soon after, final yr, NIA searched his residence in Shimla in reference to a case of terrorism it was probing in Jammu and Kashmir.
Negi, notably, was among the many high investigators within the NIA entrusted with an important of instances. He not solely investigated a number of instances of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, inuding these towards Hurriyat leaders, however was additionally key officer within the staff that investigated the Hindutva terror instances. It was in a case — the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case — investigated by him that the NIA achieved its first and solely conviction within the gamut of Hindutva terror instances.
NIA on Friday mentioned it had arrested Negi in reference to a case of terrorism it had registered on November 6 final yr pertaining to “widespread community of OGWs (Over Ground Workers) of LeT (Lashkar e Taiba), a proscribed Terrorist Organization, for offering assist in planning and execution of terrorist actions in India.”
Earlier NIA had arrested six folks within the case.
“During investigation the role of AD Negi, IPS, SP posted at Shimla (since repatriated from NIA) was verified and his houses were searched. It was also found that official secret documents of NIA were leaked by AD Negi to another accused person who is an OGW of LeT in the case,” a press release from NIA mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
