J K News Today
Jammu, February 18:
National Investigation Agency, premier investigating agency of the country today arrested H P cadre IPS officer Arvind Vijay Negi on charges of leaking secret documents to the overground worker Lashkar-e-Toiba , dreaded terrorist group to help it spread terror activities in the country.
The 2011 batch IPS officer Negi had served with NIA for few years before getting repatriated to his home cadre of Himachal Pradesh
The spokesperson said that Negi, a police officer who was promoted to the IPS batch of 2011, was arrested in connection with a case registered by the NIA on November 6 last year.
The case pertains to the spread of network of over ground workers (OGWs) of the banned Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) for providing support in planning and execution of terrorist activities in India.
The NIA had earlier arrested six people in the case. “During investigation, the role of A D Negi, IPS, SP posted at Shimla (since repatriated from NIA) was verified and his houses were searched. It was also found that official secret documents of the NIA were leaked by A D Negi to another accused person who is an OGW of LeT in the case,” the spokesperson said.
