Srinagar: A former Jammu and Kashmir top cop, Riyaz Bedar on Tuesday joined National Conference (NC) in presence of party vice-president Omar Abdullah.
Bedar, a former Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar, was accorded a warm welcome by Omar Abdullah in presence of top party leaders, media reports said.
Bedar hails from the Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramullah district. According to the media reports Bedar is likely to take on former PDP rebel Imran Raza Ansari from the Pattan constituency in the next assembly elections.
