1. Home
2. Top Stories

NIA raids 12 locations in Srinagar, North Kashmir

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 8/17/2017 1:05:01 AM

SRINAGAR, Aug 16: National Investigation Agency (NIA) today conducted fresh raids at over a dozen location in central and north Kashmir.
The raids were conducted with regard to case related to allegedfunding for separatists. Reports said the raids were conducted at Srinagar, Baramulla and Handwara.
NIA team raided the house of senior separatist leader Advocate Mohammad Shafi Reshi who is a close aide of Syed Ali Geelani. The house is located at Barzulla Srinagar. Reshi was not available for comments, however, an activist of his party while confirming the raid said that six hours long raid was conducted at 7 in the morning.
Houses of relatives of prominent businessman Zahoor Ahmed Watali were also raided.
Watali's residence in Gurugram, Delhi and Srinagar were raided on June 4 as part of the ongoing investigation. The NIA also searched Watali's driver Mohammed Akbar's house.
The NIA had arrested seven persons -Altaf Ahmed Shah, Nayeem Khan, Peer Saifullah, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Aftab Hilali Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam and Ayaz Akbar Khandey and Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate on July 24 last month.
Reports said that a team of NIA also raided the house of a private employee Ghulam Muhammad Bhat at Tarhama Tangmarg area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Bhat, according to sources, is the employee of a plywood factory owner Pirzada Ghulam Nabi. The house of Pirzada Ghulam Nabi was also raided.