In a statement on Tuesday, the AIMMM said that Shah was stopped and interrogated by the Seema Suraksha Bal at the India-Nepal border and later handed over to security agencies from Delhi.
Taking note of the conflicting versions of the Delhi Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Ministry of Home Affairs is likely to order a probe on circumstances leading to the arrest of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Liyaqat Ali Shah.
National Investigation Agency will get CCTV footage disc, related to arrest of suspected militant Liyaqat Ali Shah, analysed from Electronics Corporation of India Ltd as the discs seized by Delhi Police were found to be damaged.
Sayyed Liyaqat Shah, arrested in 2013 by Delhi police on charges of being a terrorist of banned outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and planning attacks in New Delhi, has sought his discharge before a Delhi court, saying no evidence has been found against him by the NIA.
Delhi Police on Sunday released the sketch of a suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist linked to a fidayeen attack plot, unfazed by controversy over arrest of an alleged operative four days ago from Indo-Nepal border in the case
Suspected Hizbul terrorist Liyaqat Shah, arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, was on Friday granted bail by a special national Investigation Team court.
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday opposed the bail plea of suspected Hizbul terrorist Liyaqat Shah, who was arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, in a Delhi court which allowed it to take his DNA samples.
An official said that the search operation turned into an encounter after terrorists fired upon the forces.
Proceedings related to terror masterminds Yasin Bhatkal and Abdul Karim Tunda in 2013 hogged the limelight in Delhi courts, which brought down the curtains in the Batla House encounter case by giving life term to a suspected terrorist of the Indian Mujahideen module.
