Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin's son arrested by NIA in terror funding case
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid Yusuf has been arrested by the National Investigating Agency in connection with a terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir, the central agency officials said. “Yusuf was arrested today in Delhi after he was called for questioning at the NIA (National Investigation Agency) headquarters in an old case of terror funding registered in 2011,” an official said. As per sources, the NIA summoned 38-year-old Syed Shahid Yousuf and questioned him in relation to the on-going terror funding case. He was detained by the police ultimately after a long session of interrogation. The arrest comes a day after home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday announced the decision to start a dialogue process in Jammu and Kashmir and named former Intelligence Bureau Director Dineshwar Sharma as its representative for the talks with all stakeholders in the state. According to the agency official, investigation revealed that one of the accused, Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, based in Syria, had allegedly transferred money to Yusuf on Syed Salahuddin’s orders between 2011 and 2014. -PTC News
