New Delhi: Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani's younger son Naseem Geelani will be questioned by the National Investigation Agency or NIA as part of its probe into the terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir.
The anti-terror agency issued summons to Naseem Geelani, a state government employee, on Monday for appearance at its Delhi headquarters today for questioning. The summons was delivered to his house by the agency.
"As Geelani's sons are part of the top Hurriyat leadership, their questioning is necessary to unearth the illegal means adopted by separatist leaders in receiving terror fundings (from Pakistan) through hawala channels for organising terrorist and other activities in Jammu and Kashmir," an NIA official said on the condition of anonymity.
Both Naseem and Naeem are on the NIA radar in connection with the agency's May 30 case registered against Kashmir separatists, including Hurriyat members, for allegedly conniving with outlawed Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, and others to raise and receive funds to create unrest in the valley.
Those arrested are Nayeem Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Aftab Hilali Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam, Ayaz Akbar Khandey, Peer Saifullah, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, and Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate. All of them are in 10-day NIA custody.
On Monday, the NIA raided the ancestral home of Jammu and Kashmir advocate Devender Singh Behal, who was arrested a day earlier over his links with Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
The NIA had on Sunday raided Behal's home in Bakshi Nagar in Jammu and taken him into custody.
Behal is Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Social Peace Forum (JKSPF), a constituent of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference led by Geelani.
The anti-terror agency issued summons to Naseem Geelani, a state government employee, on Monday for appearance at its Delhi headquarters today for questioning. The summons was delivered to his house by the agency.
"As Geelani's sons are part of the top Hurriyat leadership, their questioning is necessary to unearth the illegal means adopted by separatist leaders in receiving terror fundings (from Pakistan) through hawala channels for organising terrorist and other activities in Jammu and Kashmir," an NIA official said on the condition of anonymity.
Both Naseem and Naeem are on the NIA radar in connection with the agency's May 30 case registered against Kashmir separatists, including Hurriyat members, for allegedly conniving with outlawed Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, and others to raise and receive funds to create unrest in the valley.
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Those arrested are Nayeem Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Aftab Hilali Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam, Ayaz Akbar Khandey, Peer Saifullah, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, and Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate. All of them are in 10-day NIA custody.
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On Monday, the NIA raided the ancestral home of Jammu and Kashmir advocate Devender Singh Behal, who was arrested a day earlier over his links with Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
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The NIA had on Sunday raided Behal's home in Bakshi Nagar in Jammu and taken him into custody.
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Behal is Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Social Peace Forum (JKSPF), a constituent of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference led by Geelani.
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