I got money to fuel the unrest, Salahuddin’s son tells NIA

With several names cropping up, the NIA is now verifying the claims made by Yousuf.

Globally proscribed terrorist Syed Salahuddin's son arrested by the National Investigation Agency has said that he had got funds to stoke the unrest in the Valley. Syed Shahid Yousuf was arrested by the NIA on charges that he had received funds to create unrest in the Kashmir Valley.

Yousuf who has been sent to seven days NIA custody has also revealed the names of several other Hizbul Mujahideen members who were part of this racket. He said that he was in touch with one Aijaz Bhat from Pakistan.

He also said that the money was being sent to him on the instructions of his father Salauddin.

With several names cropping up, the NIA is now verifying the claims made by Yousuf. Further the NIA has learnt that Yousuf was given money transfer codes by Bhat. He used these codes to collect the money and pass it on those people who would create violence on the streets of the Valley.

The case relates to the one registered by the NIA in April 2011. The NIA had said that there was money transfer taking place through hawala channels from Pakistan via Delhi and then to Jammu and Kashmir. Based on the instructions of his father, Yousuf played a key role in this racket, the NIA also said.

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