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Pak. Diplomats Funded Unrest in J&K: NIA: But Chargesheet Doesn't Name Any

The National Investigation Agency has claimed in a chargesheet that Pakistan High Commission officials financed some of the accused arrested last year for conspiring to wage war against the government by carrying out terrorist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The 12,794-page chargesheet names Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin but does not name any Pakistan High Commission officials, though it says there is evidence they sent money to accused for terror activities in Kashmir Valley. The NIA investigation against separatist leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq continues as they have

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Pak. Diplomats Funded Unrest in J&K: NIA: But Chargesheet Doesn't Name Any

The National Investigation Agency has claimed in a chargesheet that Pakistan High Commission officials financed some of the accused arrested last year for conspiring to wage war against the government by carrying out terrorist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The 12,794-page chargesheet names Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin but does not name any Pakistan High Commission officials, though it says there is evidence they sent money to accused for terror activities in Kashmir Valley. The NIA investigation against separatist leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq continues as they have

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1/19/2018 Pak.

diplomats funded unrest in J&K: NIA - Today's Paper - The Hindu

TODAY'S PAPER

Pak. diplomats funded unrest in J&K: NIA


Vijaita Singh
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 19, 2018 00:00 IST
UPDATED: JANUARY 19, 2018 05:11 IST

But chargesheet doesn’t name any

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Pakistan High Commission officials
financed some of the accused who were arrested last year for “conspiring to wage war against
the government” by carrying out terrorist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

LeT chief named


The NIA filed a chargesheet against 12 people, including Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and
Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin in a city court on Thursday.
The 12,794-page document does not name any Pakistan High Commission official.
“It does mention that Pakistan High Commission officials were in touch with the accused. We
have not named the officials yet but there is evidence that they sent money to the accused for
terror activities in the Kashmir Valley,” said a senior government official.
Asked why separatist leaders such as Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq had
been spared by the agency, an official said, “The investigation against them continues.” The
NIA has not once questioned or sent summons to the top separatist leaders since it began a
probe in the terror funding case in May 2017.
The agency said that it has sought permission from the designated court to continue its probe.
It has charged Pakistan-based terrorists Saeed and Salahuddin, along with 10 others, for
criminal conspiracy, sedition, and under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, it said.
The statements given before a judicial magistrate had tightened the case against the
separatists who allegedly funded stone pelters and spread unrest in Kashmir, an official said.

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While three of them have been formally arrested, the fourth one was detained and
subsequently let off after he said he would become an approver, the officials said, declining to
divulge their names.

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