7 Hurriyat Leaders Arrested by NIA

NIA Arrested 7 Hurriyat Leaders on charges of Money Laundering

The seven are Altaf Shah, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Mehraj Kalwal, Shahid-ul-Islam, Naeem Khan and Bitta Karate.

Of the seven, Karate was arrested in Delhi and the rest were arrested in Srinagar. Those arrested in Srinagar are being brought to Delhi for further questioning.

NIA had last month raided the Srinagar house of Shah, who is the son-in-law of separatist leader SAS Geelani. Apart from being the son-in-law of Geelani, Shah is perceived to be influential in the evolving the policies of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.

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