Google asked to share Parra’s mails to ultras, court told

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 13

In a 19-page chargesheet, the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Police informed the designated court in Srinagar it has approached the authorities in the US and Google to share with it content of emails exchanged by Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra — the PDP youth wing president and a close aide of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti — with Pakistan-based secessionist leaders and terrorists.

In the chargesheet, sources in the J&K Police said, CIK has contended that there “is a prima facie evidence sufficient to launch prosecution” against Parra for allegedly working out a nexus with terrorists to seek their support to ensure political gains in lieu of providing a range of assistance that led to terror attacks.

According to the police sources, the chargesheet said, “During investigation, it was found the accused used to receive instructions and advice from Pakistan-based secessionist and terrorist leaders and communicated action-taken reports and a host of information in furtherance of terrorism and secessionism.”

The chargesheet, which was submitted to the NIA, POTA and TADA courts in Srinagar, earlier this month, has also mentioned that Parra used to share information through several email services, of which three have been brought on record.

Parra has also been accused of making payments to terror groups to “swing electoral battles” in PDP’s favour, sources said, adding his 13-year journey as a journalist and politician was a “saga of subterfuge, deceit and double dealing”.

Parra’s lawyer and the PDP have denied all allegations levelled against him and have termed them “politically motivated”.