NIA arrests separatist leader Shabir Shah

Shah is the eighth separatist leader to be arrested by the NIA in the past 36 hours.

The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP), in Srinagar in a money laundering case, said reports.

Shah, who was arrested from his Sanatnagar residence, will be handed over to the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday.

He is the eighth separatist leader to be arrested by the NIA in the past 36 hours.

A special NIA court on Tuesday sent the 7 Hurriyat leaders to 10 days police custody. The 7 leaders who were arrested by the NIA in the Kashmir terror funding case were arrested by the NIA on Monday.

Those arrested include Altaf Ahmad Shah Funtoosh Geelani, Ayaz Akbar Khandey, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Peer Saifullah, Aftab Hilali Shah aliasShahid-ul-Islam, Nayeem Khan and Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate. Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate.

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