{"id":22995,"date":"2017-07-31T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=22995"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:16:16","slug":"terror-funding-case-nia-recovers-kashmirs-protest-calendar-authorized-by-hurriyat-hardliner-sas-geelani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/terror-funding-case-nia-recovers-kashmirs-protest-calendar-authorized-by-hurriyat-hardliner-sas-geelani\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror funding case: NIA recovers Kashmir\u2019s protest calendar authorized by Hurriyat hardliner SAS Geelani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Document recovered from Geelani&#8217;s son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah \u00a0reportedly outlines roadmap for fanning radicalism with the help of local clerics and separatist cadres to keep Kashmir on the boil<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The arrest of seven Hurriyat-affiliated separatist leaders by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last Monday has led to the recovery of what the agency believes is concrete evidence of the involvement of Pakistan in fomenting violence and unrest in Jammu and Kashmir \u2013 a \u2018protest calendar\u2019, allegedly signed and authorised by hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The detailed protest calendar, recovered by the NIA from Geelani\u2019s son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Funtoosh who was arrested on July 24 along with six others as part of the agency\u2019s probe into an alleged terror-funding case, points to the role of Kashmiri separatists in organising events in coordination with handlers in Pakistan that have kept the Valley on the boil since the Armed Forces gunned down Hizbul Mujahideen commander <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/burhan-wani\">Burhan Wani<\/a> in July last year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The document, according to a report in the Times of India, was signed and issued by Geelani and it lists when protests and other activities related to civil unrest were to be carried out in the Valley in the days following Wani\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1501506743519{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: #b5b5b5 !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The terror-funding case<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3apnlivemumbai.s3-website.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image alignright wp-image-23007 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/s3apnlivemumbai.s3-website.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Terror funding case\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-696x480.jpg 696w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids-609x420.jpg 609w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NIA-raids.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The National Investigation Agency had, on July 24, arrested seven separatist leaders including hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani\u2019s son-in-law, Altaf Shah. The seven are suspected of having funded terror activity and unrest in the Valley after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those arrested include Naeem Khan, Meraz Kalwal, Saheed Ul Islam, Ayaz Akbar, T Saifullah (all from Srinagar) and Bitta Karate (arrested from New Delhi), besides Altaf Shah. Islam is a close aide of moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Akbar is the spokesperson for the Geelani-led Hurriyat faction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naeem Khan had been suspended from his membership of the Hurriyat Conference in May by Geelani after a sting operation surfaced in which Khan purportedly confessed to receiving funds from Pakistan with the purpose of triggering unrest in the Kashmir Valley. The NIA had then registered a preliminary probe against Khan, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Gazi Javed Baba and few others based on the sting operation done by a leading private news channel.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here is a brief look at some of the notings in the \u2018protest calendar\u2019:<\/p>\n<p>August 4, 2016: Plan to stage protest against Army and security forces<\/p>\n<p>August 6, 2016: Call to gather at local crossings and stage protest<\/p>\n<p>August 8, 2016: Orders to block all roads leading to Srinagar, ensuring security officers are unable to reach office to report on duty, calling everyone on mobiles to enlist support<\/p>\n<p>August 9, 2016: Appeal to women to take out a procession from Asar to Magrib, raising Islamic slogans en route. Masjids to play songs for freedom<\/p>\n<p>August 10, 2016: Letters to be given to all security officers in Jammu and Kashmir asking them to go back<\/p>\n<p>August 11, 2016: Warning to India-supporting politicians and Panchayat members to resign, notice to be stuck outside their doors<\/p>\n<p>August 12, 2016: Masjids to give sermons for Freedom of Kashmir, posters on the topic to be posted outside masjid entrances<\/p>\n<p>August 13, 2016: Black flag protest<\/p>\n<p>August 14, 2016: Celebrations of Pakistan Day<\/p>\n<p>August 15, 2016: Observe black day in Kashmir<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the NIA also conducted raids, on Sunday, at the residence and office premises of Jammu-based lawyer Devinder Singh Behl and questioned him about his alleged role as a \u201ccourier\u201d for routing funds to separatist leaders in Kashmir from their Pakistan-based handlers. Behl is chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/jammu-and-kashmir\">Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> Social Peace Forum (JKSPF) and also a member of Hurriyat&#8217;s legal cell. NIA spokesperson, Inspector General Alok Mittal was quoted by TOI as saying that Behl was \u201ca close associate of a top Hurriyat leader and he regularly attends funerals of militants\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>NIA sources said that during the raids at Behl\u2019s premises the agency recovered four mobile phones, a tablet and other electronic devices and documents related to the ongoing terror funding probe.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1501506766592{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: #c9c9c9 !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NIA closing in on Geelani\u2019s family<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After serving summons to SAS Geelani\u2019s younger son Zahoor, asking him to appear before it for questioning in the terror funding case, the NIA, on Sunday, also issued a similar notice to the Hardline Hurriyat leader\u2019s elder son Naeem. Naeem, a medical practitioner and touted as Geelani\u2019s heir in Hurriyat politics, has been asked to appear before the agency, on Wednesday, at the NIA headquarters in New Delhi. However, Naeem complained of severe chest pain on Sunday evening and was rushed to a private hospital in Srinagar where he is currently admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Document recovered from Geelani&#8217;s son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah \u00a0reportedly outlines roadmap for fanning radicalism with the help of local clerics and separatist cadres to keep Kashmir on the boil The arrest of seven Hurriyat-affiliated separatist leaders by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last Monday has led to the recovery of what the agency believes is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[2325,694,489,21,7107],"yst_prominent_words":[14576,14556,14553,14551,14575,14569,14564,14571,14566,14563,14574,14568,14565,4244,14573,14567,14570,4239,14552,14572],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Geelani.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22995"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=22995"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=22995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->