Mian Qayoom sent to 14-day judicial custody

Jammu, July 6: The special court on Saturday sent senior Kashmiri advocate Mian Qayoom to 14-day judicial custody.

Qayoom was arrested by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on June 25 in Srinagar during the investigation of the murder of Advocate Babar Qadri who was killed by terrorists at his home in the Hawal area of Srinagar city in September 2020.

Qadri had accused Qayoom of planning a conspiracy to get him killed.

Police had said that a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Saqib Manzoor was involved in Qadri's killing. Manzoor and another terrorist commander were killed in a gunfight with Police in Srinagar in 2022.

On Saturday, Qayoom was produced before the court of special judge, Jatinder Singh Jamwal on the expiry of his second remand.

“The court has sent him to judicial custody till July 20,” officials said.

The courts designated to hear cases of NIA also take up cases of the SIA, a wing of J&K Police which enforces counter-terrorism laws in J&K.