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. <br/><br/>Shah was arrested last night by the ED in Srinagar. The agency had issued a number of summons to Shah, but he did not depose before the central probe agency. A non-bailable warrant was issued earlier this month against him.<br/><br/>The agency had been issuing summons to Shah earlier too in pursuance of the August 2005 case in which the Delhi Police's Special Cell had arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani, an alleged hawala dealer. <br/><br/>Wani had claimed that he had given 2.25 crore rupees to Shah. The ED had registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Shah and Wani.
News On AIR | July 26, 2017 5:32 PM
Delhi court sends separatist leader Shabir Shah to 7-day ED custody in money laundering case