NIA court sends Liyaqat Shah to JC till April 25

Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah was today produced in a special NIA court which extended his judicial remand till April 25 after a magisterial court here refused to hear the matter on the grounds that his case has been transferred to National Investigation Agency (NIA).

During the day, Liyaqat was first produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Manoj Kumar at Saket district courts here after expiry of his judicial custody in connection with the case in which Delhi police had claimed that he was planning to carry out terror attacks in the national capital.

CMM Kumar refused to hear the matter saying the case has been transferred to the NIA and directed the police to produce him before the special NIA court today itself.
 

Liyaqat was then produced before the special NIA court at Patiala House court here.

During an in-chamber hearing, District Judge I S Mehta extended his judicial custody till April 25, court sources said, adding that the judge also directed that trial court's records, lying before CMM Kumar, be produced before him on the next date of hearing.

While refusing to hear the matter, CMM Kumar asked Liyaqat whether he want to say something.

Liyaqat told the court that he has no idea about the condition of his family members and he wants information about them. The CMM, however, told the policemen accompanying Liyaqat to produce him before the NIA court.

On April 2, NIA was allowed by the court to interrogate Liyaqat, who is presently lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody, in the prison itself till April 30.

With Shah's arrest generating conflicting versions from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir police, the Centre had recently transferred the probe in the case to NIA.