Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, has been sent to further custodial interrogation by a Delhi courttill April 3.

Special Judge Ajay Kumar Jain extended Singh’s custody after Delhi Police said that he was required to be confronted with other accused Javed Iqbal, Syed Naveed Mushtaq and Imran Shafi Mir arrested in the case.

Heard the IO (investigating officer) and peruses the record.Police custody is granted for further interrogation and identification of otheraccomplices and confrontation with other co-accused, the judge said.

The court also directed the police to conduct his medical examination after every 48 hours. The police sought Singh’s further custody,saying that the confrontation and further interrogation was required to unearth the larger conspiracy and role of the accused, to trace the details of financial transaction, to verify and trace other offenders.

It also told the court that the custody was required to establish the identity of main handler, defence advocate Prashant Prakash said.

Suspended DSP Davinder Singh was suspended from the Jammuand Kashmir Police in January this year.The Special Cell had brought DavinderSingh to Delhi from Hira Nagar Jail in Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier the court had sent Syed Naveed Mushtaq and others topolice custody till April 3 after the police said that he and other co accusedwere planning to execute  attacks inDelhi and other parts of the country and targeted killings of protected person.

While seeking Mushtaq’s custody, police had alleged that theaccused was commander of Shopian district of Hizbul Mujahiddeen through hishandler based in Pakistan.The police said the accused used to chat with otherco-accused and militants through various internet platforms, including darknetchat.

The accused, along with other militants of HizbulMujahideen, were planning to execute attack in Delhi and other parts of thecountry and targeted killings of protected persons, police had told the court.

The Delhi Police has filed an FIR under Section 120B of IPC.The FIR said that the youths of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab are being trainedfor carrying out militant activities.The FIR also mentioned of D Company andChhota Shakeel. According to the FIR, the Delhi Police Special Cell hadreceived an input that the D Company is funding to pro-Khalistan terroristorganisations in Punjab.Under this very FIR Davinder Singh was taken incustody.

The Special Cell had also interrogated Davinder Singhregarding the Khalistan angle, police said.

Although Davinder Singh is not named in the FIR, but theSpecial Cell has some inputs on the basis of which the enquiry will be donecarried out and Davinder Singh will be questioned.