Separatist Leaders Summoned

With the centre indicating that it will adopt a zero tolerance policy against all separatist leaders, Awami Action Committee chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq might face arrest if he does not appear for questioning before the National Investigation Agency in Delhi on Thursday in connection with the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case.

The NIA has issued summons to a Kashmir university PhD student, the head of a trader's body and two Hurriyat leaders to appear before it tomorrow in connection with a case related to the funding of terror activities in Kashmir, officials said today.

Sharad Kumar, the head of India's lead anti-terror agency, was surprised when this brown envelope landed on his desk. It was a letter from Naseem Geelani, the younger son of Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who had been summoned by the National Investigation Agency to face questions around the same time.

As part of its probe into suspected terror funds, the NIA has summoned Naeem Geelani, elder son of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for recording his statement in connection with a Preliminary Enquiry registered by the probe agency.

A court on Tuesday summoned Catalonia's president for questioning over an allegedly illegal 2014 ballot on independence from Spain, raising pressure on separatists after they won control of their regional parliament.

The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah, currently in Delhi, for questioning in connection with a decade-old case related to alleged terror financing through a "hawala channel".

With the centre indicating that it will adopt a zero tolerance policy against all separatist leaders, Awami Action Committee chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq might face arrest if he does not appear for questioning before the National Investigation Agency in Delhi on Thursday in connection with the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case.

The NIA has issued summons to a Kashmir university PhD student, the head of a trader's body and two Hurriyat leaders to appear before it tomorrow in connection with a case related to the funding of terror activities in Kashmir, officials said today.

Sharad Kumar, the head of India's lead anti-terror agency, was surprised when this brown envelope landed on his desk. It was a letter from Naseem Geelani, the younger son of Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who had been summoned by the National Investigation Agency to face questions around the same time.

As part of its probe into suspected terror funds, the NIA has summoned Naeem Geelani, elder son of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for recording his statement in connection with a Preliminary Enquiry registered by the probe agency.

A court on Tuesday summoned Catalonia's president for questioning over an allegedly illegal 2014 ballot on independence from Spain, raising pressure on separatists after they won control of their regional parliament.

The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah, currently in Delhi, for questioning in connection with a decade-old case related to alleged terror financing through a "hawala channel".