Terror funding case: 7 separatist leaders to undergo lie detector test, says NIA

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Jul 27, 2017 : As the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probes deeper into the terror funding case, the agency is preparing to approach the NIA special Court to seek permission for a lie detector test to be conducted on the 7 arrested separatist leaders in custody of the agency.

 

This includes leader Nayeem Khan, Bitta Karate, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s close aide Shahid Ul Islam, Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Altaf Fantosh, the spokesperson for Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal who have been charged with funding terror groups in Kashmir and indulging in anti-national and subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley.

NIA which has prepared an extensive dossier on conspirators has gone a step further by issuing fresh summons to 25 persons related to the case. "The arrest of second rung hurriyat leaders is only tip of the iceberg, we will be summoning 25 to 30 people in connection with this," a senior NIA official told India Today.

However the agency has not yet summoned top hurriyat hawks like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik. Sources, however, said it is only matter of time.

In the last two weeks, NIA summoned the office bearers of the Anjuman-e-Auqaf, which runs the affairs of Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, and Anjuman-e-Nusrat-ul-Islam, an educational trust which runs religious schools and is headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. His two uncles and his assistant have already been questioned by the agency.

Also, Asiya Andrabi whose brother Taha Andrabi was called in for questioning to New Delhi Headquarters recently is on radar.

TERROR LINKS FROM DUBAI

NIA is also examining terror fund links from Dubai, a senior officer told India Today.

"We will be seeking details from them. As layers of conspiracy against the country is getting off, another angle of gold smuggling is also emerging. Gold smuggling from Dubai being used by terror financiers to fuel unrest in valley," he said.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who was in the national capital to meet the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told India Today that "The state has no objection to action and arrest carried out by NIA. There is perfect coordination on the ground," she said.


India Today Impact: Naeem Khan, Bitta Karate, 5 other separatists arrested by NIA over Pak funding of terror .

courtesy:yahoonews