Special Judge National Investigation Agency (NIA) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Subash C Gupta, on February 20, extended 15 days judicial remand of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), Devinder Singh, and others, who were booked for ferrying militants, reports Daily Excelsior. The other accused are Syed Naveed Mushtaq Shah alias Naveed Baba, Irfan Safi Mir, Rafi Ahmed Rather, and Syed Irfan Ahmad alias Irfan, all the residents of Shopian. Davinder Singh was produced before the court from the Sub-Jail, Hiranagar whereas other accused were produced through video conference from Kot Bhalwal Jail. The Judge observed, “keeping in view the facts and the circumstances of the case, gravity and heinousness of the crime as involved in the present matter, submissions made by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the NIA and the stage of the investigation of the case, the court is of the considered opinion that remanding of the accused to further judicial custody is imperative for completion of the ongoing investigation”.