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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will question former Jammu and Kashmir MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid for his links with Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed ‘Babu’, arrested along with suspended J&K Police DSP Davinder Singh, officials said here on Monday.

Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid and leader of the Awami Ittihad Party (AIP), contested as an Independent candidate in the 2014 Assembly elections from Langate constituency in north Kashmir.

At present in judicial custody in Tihar Jail, he was arrested by the NIA on August 9 in connection with a case related to the funding of terror activities in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.