NIA questions Geelani’s sons

Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s sons, who were summoned by National Investigating Agency (NIA), joined investigation in terror funding case on Tuesday in the national Capital. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Faheem Ali, deployed with Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also joined the probe into the case. Geelani’s sons, Nayeem and Naseem, and Faheem Ali were grilled by the agency at NIA headquarters on Tuesday.

The agency had summoned 30 people for interrogation along with Geelani’s sons. Geelani’s elder son Nayeem was asked to appear before the agency last week, but he could not join the probe due to illness. The younger son, Naseem, was also summoned to join last week, but he had conveyed that he will be able to join the investigation on Tuesday.

As per NIA, Ali was deployed with Mirwaiz for eight years, and he allegedly worked on building the separatist network and facilitated several activities of Mirwaiz. The security cover provided to Mirwaiz was reduced by the Jammu and Kashmir government in July 2017 following DSP Mohammad Ayub Pandith’s lynching on June 23. Ali was then removed and posted to Shopian as his proximity to the leader had been exposed.

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