Srinagar, Dec 28 (UNI) Questioning the timing of the arrests made by National Investigation Agency (NIA) ahead of Parliamentary elections slated to be held next year, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said declaring suspects as terrorists on the basis of Sutli bombs and associating them with IS is premature.
Ms Mehbooba, who is the former chief minister of the state, said national security is supreme, but NIA must learn from earlier episodes in which the accused were acquitted after decades.
“But declaring suspects as terrorists on the basis of Sutli bombs, associating with the dreaded IS is premature. It has already devastated their lives and families. NIA must learn from earlier episodes in which the accused were acquitted after decades,” Ms Mehbooba wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.