NIA cracks down on separatist leaders, seizes Rs 1.5 crore cash, LeT-Hizbul letterheads in raids

At least Rs 1.5 crore cash, and incriminating documents were seized during the ongoing National Intelligence Agency (NIA) raids conducted in Kashmir, Delhi and Haryana at locations related to separatist leaders.

The letterheads of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hijbul Mujahideen (HM), pen-drives, laptops were also seized from the locations.

Some of the separatists’ names whose locations are being raided are Hurriyat leader Raja Kalwal, and the recently suspended Hurriyat leader Naeem Khan.

Presently, the NIA is conducting raids at 14 locations in Srinagar and eight in Haryana.

Jammu and Kashmir: NIA raids underway at Hurriyat leader Raja Kalwal’s residence; visuals from his residence in Srinagar. pic.twitter.com/5vecHfeLr7

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 3, 2017

The NIA, earlier in May, visited Srinagar to probe into the alleged funding by Pakistan for illegal activities in Kashmir, and questioned the separatist leaders regarding their involvement in raising, collecting and transferring funds through Hawala and other channels for terror funding in Kashmir.

The sleuths from the agency have questioned separatist leaders Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate and Gazi Javed Baba in the case.
The NIA is probing all aspects of funding of separatist leaders and use of these funds in fuelling the unrest in the Valley.
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