The Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) police investigating the
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) plot to kill former J&K Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed expressed disbelief to the extent of
their penetration of the state apparatus. They revealed that
a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councilor Abdul Wahid Dar
and husband of a Congress councilor Shahzada Beig, both LeT
operatives met PDP party chief Mehbooba Mufti seeking
protection from investigation. While he is not under
suspicion, Dar's elder brother works as an assistant in the
PDP office. Mufti says that she asked Dar to leave
immediately, but police say that Dar was given sanctuary and
he made calls to Srinagar. Police have asked Mufti to get
Dar to surrender. Mufti may have perjured herself and
violated national criminal laws by protecting a wanted
criminal and the consequences of these actions are not
known. In a major morale booster for the police, a Delhi
trial court convicted 2 Pakistani LeT men for 37 bombing
incidents in 1997 in various North Indian cities killing 17
and injuring 300 civilians.
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