Suspended J&K cop Devender Singh was tasked by Pakistan to establish contact in MEA

According to the chargesheet, Singh had been in constant touch with his handlers in the Pakistan High Commission who have since been repatriated to Islamabad.

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NEW DELHI: Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Devender Singh was tasked by his Pakistani handler with establishing a contact in the Ministry of External Affairs for carrying out espionage activities. 

According to the chargesheet of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed before a special court in Jammu, Singh, who was posted in the sensitive anti-hijacking unit of Jammu and Kashmir police, had been in constant touch with his handlers in the Pakistan High Commission who have since been repatriated to Islamabad.

The chargesheet said he had saved the number of his contact at the Pakistan High Commission as 'Pak Bhai' (Pakistani brother). The contact had been giving him various tasks which included deployment of forces and arrival of 'VIPs' in the Kashmir valley.

After having committed himself to Hizbul Mujahideen, Singh was asked to establish a contact in the Ministry of External Affairs by his Pakistani handler so that espionage activities could be carried out there. However, Singh was unable to make any headway into the nefarious plan of the Pakistani embassy officials, NIA officials said.

The chargesheet, filed in the first week of July, has accused Singh and others of allegedly waging "war against India" with the help of Pakistan-based terrorists and members of the country's high commission in Delhi.

Devender Singh, who is currently in a New Delhi jail, has been chargesheeted by the NIA for providing support to banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen

He was arrested on January 11 this year along with Naveed Babu, Rather and Mir, an advocate, when their car was intercepted by Jammu and Kashmir police near Qazigund on the national highway connecting the Valley with the rest of the country. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle, three pistols and a cache of ammunition and explosives. The NIA took over the case on January 17.

The investigation found that Singh, in an apparent bid to shield Naveed Babu, had shifted him along with the advocate to Jammu and arranged safe shelter for them in the city in February last year. The J&K cop used his own vehicle for the movement of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and also assured them help in procuring weapons, the NIA alleged.

(With PTI inputs)