New Delhi, April 23 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has told the Delhi High Court that jailed separatist Yasin Malik was in touch with Pakistan's top leadership and used those links to push for the secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India.
According to the details, in a rejoinder filed in its appeal seeking death penalty for Malik, the agency said his claims of having interacted with several former Indian Prime Ministers were irrelevant to the terror case and did not absolve him of criminal liability.
The submissions were noted by a division bench headed by Justice Navin Chawla after Special Public Prosecutor Akshai Malik informed the court that the rejoinder had been filed. The bench directed that a copy be supplied to Malik,...