PDP leader Parra moves HC over similarity of charges levelled by NIA and J&K Police, says violation of rights

In the petition, PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra submitted that he was investigated for the same offences by the NIA as well as the Counter Intelligence (Kashmir) wing of J&K Police separately

Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, senior PDP leader and close aide of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for quashing of an FIR against him by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, citing violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and “sameness” of the charges also being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). In the petition, Mr. Parra’s counsel Shariq Reyaz submitted that his client was investigated for the same offences by the NIA as well as the Counter Intelligence (Kashmir) wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police separately, which is in violation of laid down norms under the Code of Criminal Procedure. Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, after hearing arguments on the petition challenging the framing of charges in the police case by a designated court last month, had issued notice to the Counter Intelligence (Kashmir), or the CIK, last week for filing its response within a month.