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Peerzada Ashiq

Court asks jail authorities to provide medical aid to PDP’s Parra

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday directed the jail authorities in Srinagar to extendmedical aid to incarcerated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, 34, who was found unconscious in his barrack in the Central Jail Srinagar last week.

“Superintendent, Central Jail, Srinagar, is directed to get the accused medically examined from a competent or specialised doctor under rules and submit compliance report before this court,” the judge said, in his directions.

Parra, who was arrested by the NIA on November 25, 2020, was found unconscious in a barrack in the jail, a close aide said.

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