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US authorities and Google have been contacted by Jammu and Kashmir police to share email content exchanged by Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, a close associate of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, with Pakistan-based secessionist and terrorist leaders. an indictment sheet filed by union territory police said.
The prosecution says there is prima facie evidence “sufficient to initiate prosecution” against Parra for establishing a link with the terrorists to seek their support for his political gains and to reciprocate by providing a range of aid and support that led to terrorist attacks. .
“During the investigation, it emerged that the accused received instructions and advice from secessionist and terrorist leaders based in Pakistan and communicated reports of actions taken and a range of information in support of terrorism and secessionism”, the indictment sheet filed by the Counter Kashmir Intelligence (CIK) police wing said.
The indictment, filed before a designated court in Srinagar earlier this month, says Parra used to share information via several email services, three of which have been registered.
“As a result, a request was forwarded through the appropriate channels to Google in the US according to their standard forms and rules to provide details / content of emails exchanged by Parra through its three email IDs,” the sheet states. 19-page debit card.
Parra’s lawyer, as well as the PDP, denied all the accusations made against Parra and called them “politically motivated”.
PDP chairman and former prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti also said the police were “torturing” Parra and keeping him in “inhumane conditions”.
He had previously tweeted that Parra was “persecuted and tortured to admit the false allegations. Since an admission did not take place, he is being held in inhumane conditions. This investigation was fraudulent and politically motivated from day one.”
However, the police, who have accused Parra in various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, said in their indictment sheet that US authorities have also been contacted through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. to provide the necessary assistance in the case.
“Google US was asked to preserve (Parra’s) email data … and Google reported compliance,” the debit note reads.
The CIK, which is part of the CID of the Jammu and Kashmir police, has also asked Google to provide WhatsApp chats and data stored in the iCloud account linked to his mobile phone and are awaiting the details, the indictment reads.
This is the second indictment sheet against Parra, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in November last year. In January of this year, Parra was released on bail by the NIA court in Jammu, but was immediately arrested by the CIK and taken to Srinagar, and is currently in judicial custody.
In March of this year, he was charged by the NIA, and it was alleged that Parra had paid 5 crore of rupees to the son-in-law of hard-line conference leader Hurriyat Syed Ali Shah Geelani for keeping Kashmir in turmoil after Burhan’s death. Wani, the poster boy of Hizbul Mujahideen, in 2016.
The CIK filed a lawsuit last year against unknown and other politicians on the basis of “reliable and confidential sources” who claimed that some political officials were abusing their power and helping militants.
These politicians have variously supported terrorists and secessionists, and even facilitated their movement, transporting their hardware and converting areas under their political responsibility as “unavailable” for counter-terrorist operations.
“… if such unprincipled and illegal influence had not been exercised by these immoral officials of political parties, the guilty terrorists and secessionists would have been brought to justice,” the CIK FIR said.
The CIK, which is tasked with investigating cases under the UAPA and the Money Laundering Prevention Act (PMLA), has sanctioned Parra’s prosecution by the Department of the Interior of Jammu and Kashmir under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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