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ED to quiz in terror-funding case

Son-in-law of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to be quizzed by the ED between March 24 and April 5

PTI New Delhi Published 20.03.19, 01:45 PM
Hafiz Saeed, LeT chief

Hafiz Saeed, LeT chief The Telegraph file picture

A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to quiz Altaf Shah, son-in-law of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and others in connection with a terror-funding case involving LeT chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Special judge Rakesh Syal allowed the agency to question Shah, Zahoor Watali, a businessman with alleged links to Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri separatists, and Naval Kishore Kapoor, a UAE-based businessman.

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The court said the ED would get three days between March 24 and April 5 to quiz Shah, Watali and Kapoor, who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency in the terror-funding case and are lodged in Tihar jail.

The NIA had earlier filed a charge sheet against the accused, including Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin, in the case accusing them of “conspiring to wage war against the government” and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley.

The agency has charged Pakistan-based terrorists Saeed and Salahuddin, besides 10 others with criminal conspiracy, sedition, and under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

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