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Delhi court sends separatist leader Shabir Shah to 7-day ED custody in money-laundering case

Shah was arrested late last night by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar. He was later handed over to the ED officials who brought him to the national capital and produced before a local court here.

India TV News Desk Written by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Updated on: July 26, 2017 16:52 IST
File pic of Shabir Shah
File pic of Shabir Shah

A Delhi court today sent Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah to seven-day Enforcement Directorate custody in connection with a decade-old money laundering case against him for alleged terror financing. 

Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma allowed the custodial interrogation of Shah who was arrested late last night by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar. He was later handed over to the ED officials who brought him to the national capital and produced before a local court here. 

The ED had issued multiple summons to Shah, but he never deposed before the central investigating agency. A Delhi court had earlier this month issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against the separatist leader. "The warrant has been executed," a senior official said.

The agency had issued several summons to Shah over the last few years in pursuance of the August 2005 case, wherein the Delhi Police's Special Cell had arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani (35), an alleged hawala dealer, who had claimed that he passed on Rs 2.25 crore to Shah. 

Shah had said in the past that the ED case against him was politically motivated. 

 

The ED had registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Shah and Wani. Wani was arrested allegedly with Rs 63 lakh, received through 'hawala' channels from the Middle East, and a large cache of ammunition, on August 26, 2005. During questioning, he had told the police that Rs 50 lakh was to be delivered to Shah and Rs 10 lakh to Jaish-e-Mohammad area commander in Srinagar, Abu Baqar, and that the rest was his commission. 

Wani, who hails from Srinagar, had also claimed that he delivered around Rs 2.25 crore to Shah and his kin in multiple instalments over the past year. The ED, sources said, wants to probe the "proceeds of crime" of alleged terror financing in this case.

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