New Delhi, May 13 -- The Patiala House Court on Wednesday granted 2 days transit remand of Iqbal Singh alias Shera to the NIA in the Hizbul Mujahideen-linked Narco Terrorism case. He has been extradited from Portugal. He had absconded in 2020.

Special NIA Judge Prashant Sharma granted 2 days transit remand of Iqbal Singh alias Shera to produce him before a concerned court in Mohali, Punjab. NIA had sought 3 days transit custody of Shera, which was opposed by Legal aid defence counsel Piyush Sachdeva, saying Mohali is within 4-5 hours, three days transit remand is not required.

Opposing the submissions, NIA counsel said that the Accused is to be produced before the court before immigration-related documents are prepared. The NIA has arre...