© timesofindia.indiatimes.comNIA files chargesheet against six separatist leaders in 1996 Kashmir mob violence case
The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against six leaders of the separatist Hurriyat Conference in connection with a 1996 case of mob violence and indiscriminate firing on police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar.
Those named in the chargesheet are Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, J&K People’s Conference founder Abdul Ganie Lone, J&K Liberation Front leader Javid Ahmad Mir, Islamic Students League chairman Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi, and Mohammad Yaqoob Wakeel.
The NIA said the proceedings against Geelani, Lone and Wakeel stood abated because they had died while the case was pending. However, it added that the chargesheet established their alleged roles in the criminal conspiracy and unlawful assembly.