According to court sources, Ali was produced before District Judge Amar Nath after expiry of his NIA remand and during an in-camera proceeding the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that the writings required to be decoded to unearth the larger conspiracy.
The court allowed the NIA's plea to quiz Ali and also handed over the diary, which was earlier sealed, to the probe agency.
In a new twist to the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir, NIA had yesterday cited Ali's confessional video to claim that unrest in the Valley was being orchestrated by Pakistan-based LeT, claiming that the terror outfit had played a major role in fueling the unrest, triggered by the encounter killing of a militant leader.
The agency has claimed that since the summer this year, the banned outfit, with the "help of Pakistani forces deployed on the border", pushed heavily armed terrorists into India with the direction to mix with local people, create disturbance, and attack police and security forces.
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A fourth-class dropout, Ali, who hails from Jahama village of Raiwind in Lahore, was arrested from village Yahama in Mawar area of Qalamabad, Handwara, in North Kashmir on July 25. The army had recovered three AK-47 rifles, two pistols and Indian Rs 23,000 from his possession.
According to NIA, Ali was trained at a Lashkar camp in PoK, including in map reading and operating GPS devices.
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju had called Ali a "very good catch" and said his arrest will lead to many successes.