Kashmiri Separatist Leaders Received Funds from Abroad, Used them for Personal Gains, Says NIA

The National Investigation Agency on Sunday claimed that separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir received foreign funds and used them for personal gains like amassing property or to pay for education of the family members, PTI reported.

Kashmiri separatists Shabir Shah, Asiya Andrabi, Masarat Alam Bhat and Yasin Malik were arrested by the National Investigation Agency in connection with a terror funding case earlier this month. The four accused were taken into police custody for interrogation, according to The Hindu. The agency claimed that separatist leaders confessed to receiving funds from Pakistan.

The agency issued a statement on Sunday saying Asiya Andrabi, the leader of the Dukhtaran-e-Milat or Daughters of the Nation, was questioned on her son’s educational expenses in Malaysia being incurred by Zahoor Watali, who was arrested in a terror funding case.