Hurriyat terror funding: Shabir Shah tops list with most benami properties

The NIA says that funds had been channelised into the Valley not just through Pakistan, but from London and Dubai as well.

The National Investigation Agency continued to unearth properties held by the separatists of Kashmir. The NIA which is probing the Hurriyat terror funding case has learnt that the highest number of properties are held by Shabir Shah.

The properties held by Shabir are both legal and benami, the NIA dossier says. There are around 19 properties that he holds, the NIA also said. Apart from a 25 room hotel in Pahalgam, Shah also has houses, shops and land at Jammu, Bugam, Kandipora, Narbal and Lalpora.

Shah is currently being questioned by the NIA which had arrested him last week. The NIA dossier also lists out the properties held by S A S Geelani. The NIA says that most of the properties are in the names of Geelani's sons, Naeem and Naseem. Both have been summoned by the NIA for questioning.

Both the brothers have been told to reach Delhi for questioning. They have been told to appear before the NIA with the property documents. The NIA will also question them about two benami properties which were unearthed by the agency during its probe.

The NIA says that funds had been channelised into the Valley not just through Pakistan, but from London and Dubai as well. While a part of the money were used to fund terror and the unrest, a large part of it may have been used to purchase property, the NIA suspects.

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