Centre asks NIA to initiate process of probing case against arrested J&K DSP Davinder Singh

New Delhi, Jan 16: The Union Home Ministry has asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to initiate the process of probing the case of suspended Jammu and Kashmir Police Deputy Superintendent Davinder Singh, who was caught in south Kashmir while ferrying two militants to Jammu last weekend, officials said on Thursday.

The formal notification of handing over the case to the NIA is expected to be issued by the ministry soon, an official privy to the development said.

Necessary formalities are being completed in Jammu as well as in Delhi before the probe agency takes over the case. The NIA has been credited with breaking the nexus between stone-pelters and separatists in Jammu and Kashmir.