With the formal issuance of the notification, the NIA will now conduct a probe into the circumstances leading to the arrest of Shah, who was arrested near Indo-Nepal border by Delhi Police which claimed that it had foiled a 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack in the capital with his arrest.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had said that Shah was returning from PoK to surrender as part of a militant rehabilitation policy and demanded a probe by NIA.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police claimed it had foiled a 'fidayeen' strike in the capital ahead of Holi with the arrest of Liyaqat.
It claimed he was a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist who planned attacks to avenge the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
Jammu and Kashmir Police, however, supported the claims of Liyaqat's family that he was a former militant who had surrendered before SSB at the Sanauli check-post on the Nepal border and was in a group returning from PoK under the rehabilitation policy. He was arrested on March 20 from Indo-Nepal border.