{"id":24156,"date":"2017-08-16T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T10:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=24156"},"modified":"2017-08-16T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T10:24:09","slug":"terror-funding-case-nia-conducts-searches-dozen-locations-across-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/terror-funding-case-nia-conducts-searches-dozen-locations-across-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror funding case: NIA conducts searches at about dozen locations across J&amp;K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested seven persons so far in connection with alleged terror funding and inflammatory actions in the Kashmir valley<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a tough crackdown on separatist leaders in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/jammu-and-kashmir\">Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> who are suspected of funding terror activities in this strife-torn state, the National Investigation Agency (NIA),\u00a0on Wednesday, carried out raids at 12 locations in Srinagar, Baramulla and Handwara.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in the central probe agency said those being raided today have alleged links to other persons being investigated in this case. The raids were conducted at the residential and office premises of Srinagar-based lawyer Shafi Rashi and relatives of Zahoor Watali, a Hurriat sympathizer and high-profile businessman in the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The NIA has so far arrested seven persons- Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani\u2019s son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan of J&amp;K front, Shahid-ul-Islam of the Hurriyat faction led by Mirwaz Umar Farooq, Farooq Ahmed Dar of J&amp;K liberation front and Ayaz Akbar Khanday, Mehrajuddin Kalwal and Peer Safiullah (all from Geelani\u2019s faction of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/hurriyat\">Hurriyat<\/a>) \u2013 in connection with their alleged role in funding terror and causing unreast in the Valley after the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh whip on separatist leaders is a part of NIA investigation against allegations that they were receiving funds from cross-border and were using the funds to instigate unrest in the valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe suspect financial links between the Separatists and those raided\u00a0on Wednesday,\u201d said Alok Mittal, inspector general of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/nia\">NIA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the agency has conducted raids at different addresses in Kashmir, Delhi, and Haryana seeking evidence against Separatist leaders and businessmen receiving funds from Hafiz Saeed, who heads the Jamat-ud-Dawa group and other Pakistan-based militant outfits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested seven persons so far in connection with alleged terror funding and inflammatory actions in the Kashmir valley In a tough crackdown on separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir who are suspected of funding terror activities in this strife-torn state, the National Investigation Agency (NIA),\u00a0on Wednesday, carried out raids [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24159,"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":[2325,3166,694,489],"yst_prominent_words":[3907,16246,5299,16249,16245,7791,16247,4385,4248,16244,4247,4239,16243,4254,15404,16248,10588,16250,4474,6081],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NIA-terror-funding-raids.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\/24156"}],"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=24156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24156"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=24156"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=24156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->