SRINAGAR : In an intensified crackdown on militants, their sympathisers, overground workers, and support networks in the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat on Wednesday ordered the attachment of property belonging to senior lawyer and former Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, who is presently under detention for his alleged involvement in the killing of a young lawyer in a militancy-linked case.

Mian Qayoom was arrested for his alleged role in the killing of young lawyer Babar Qadri. Qadri, who was critical of Mian Qayoom, was shot dead by militants at his residence in the Hawal area of downtown Srinagar on September 24, 2020.

Qayoom was arrested on 25 June 2024 as the principal conspirator behind Qadri’s killing. His habeas corp

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