Kashmir unrest: NIA unearths role of Hafiz Saeed as links to separatists emerge
The NIA has summoned separatist leaders, including Naeem Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Gazi Javed Baba and few others in the hawala funding case.
The National Investigation Agency which is conducting a probe into the funding for Kashmiri separatists to cause unrest has found Hafiz Saeed to be the primary financier. Saeed the boss of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba has pumped in crores of rupees into the coffers of the separatists to keep the unrest in the Valley alive, the ongoing probe by the NIA has found.
He is the mastermind of the unrest, an NIA source said while commenting on the role played by Saeed. He had decided that following the death of Burhan Wani, the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist last July, the time was right to fuel an unrest in the Valley.
The probe is at an early stage said the NIA which has registered a preliminary enquiry into the matter. We are in the process of building a fool-proof case. Once more evidence comes up, we will question separatist, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the NIA official said.
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Summons:
The
NIA
has
summoned
separatist
leaders,
including
Naeem
Khan,
Farooq
Ahmed
Dar,
Gazi
Javed
Baba
and
few
others
in
the
hawala
funding
case.
The
NIA
says
that
the
scale
of
the
unrest
was
so
high
that
it
could
not
have
been
done
without
adequate
funding.
The
money
flow
was
huge,
the
NIA
officer
said.
It
came
in
through
multiple
sources
from
Pakistan.
Money
was
moved
through
hawala
channels
in
most
cases.
There
were
also
several
instances
of
cross
border
trade
being
used
to
raise
funds,
the
NIA
officer
said.
In
some
cases,
the
infiltrators
from
Pakistan
had
personally
hand
delivered
the
cash,
officials
also
say.
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NIA officials further state that it was Saeed who was the mastermind of the unrest. He ensured that the money flow was regular since July 2016. The NIA is hopeful of making more breakthroughs in the case. The evidence gathering is on and this entire nexus will be busted soon, the NIA official also said.
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NIA officials further said that a large part o the money was used to pay the stone pelters in the Valley. They were paid anything between Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 a day to pelt stones at security forces. The separatists have a set of stone pelters who fuel the unrest, NIA officials also added. Some of the stone pelters were also paid in kind, the probe has found. In many cases, smartphones were given to stone pelters, officials also say.
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