NIA arrests gallantry awardee IPS officer for ‘leaking sensitive documents’ to Lashkar-e-Taiba
He was on the agency’s radar for around a year, since a tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that he was leaking secret information to Khurram Parvez, an overground operative of Lashkar.
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New Delhi, Feb 19: Taking action against Anti National activities, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi for allegedly leaking sensitive documents to over-ground workers (OGWs) of outlawed terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. It should be noted that Negi had received a gallantry award in 2017 for his investigation into the Hurriyat terror funding case.
Negi, who worked as a police superintendent with the NIA, was repatriated last year and had since then been posted in Shimla. He was on the agency’s radar for around a year, since a tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that he was leaking secret information to Khurram Parvez, an overground operative of Lashkar.
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“The said case was registered on 6 November 2011 and pertains to the spread of the network of OGWs of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a proscribed terrorist organisation, who were providing support in planning and execution of terrorist activities in India. Earlier, NIA had arrested six accused persons in the case,” the NIA said in an official statement.
NIA arrests IPS officer and SP posted at Shimla, A D Negi, for allegedly leaking documents of NIA to a Lashker e Taiba overground worker. The case in arrest was made pertains OGW network of LeT. Earlier NIA had arrested 6 accused persons in the case
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“During the investigation, the role of A. D. Negi, who was posted at Shimla, was verified and his houses were searched. It was also found that official secret documents of NIA were leaked by him to another accused person, who is an OGW of LeT in the case,” it further said.
The terror-funding case Negi was probing pertains to non-profit organisations, human rights, and civil society groups based in Jammu & Kashmir, which the NIA suspects were raising funds in India and abroad in the name of charitable activities, and using them for carrying out “secessionist and separatist activities”.
Besides this, Negi has also probed some high-profile cases including that of DSP Davinder Singh, who was caught ferrying Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists to Jammu, the case in which Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para was arrested, the cross-border trade case, as well as Islamic State recruitment cases. It is also alleged that Negi “facilitated” bail for Para in exchange for money, a claim that is being looked into by the agency, a source in the NIA said.
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