Revealed: Pakistan's Jammu & Kashmir terror fund trail

NEW DELHI: The custodial interrogation of JKLF chairman Yasin Malik by NIA in April and that of JKDFP chief Shabir Shah, prime organiser of stone-pelting protests of 2016 Masarat Alam and Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi earlier this month has allegedly corroborated how terror funds were routed by Pakistan-based sources via hawala route to Kashmiri separatists, who then used them to fuel unrest and organise violent agitations in Valley.
NIA sources told TOI that Malik, interrogated by NIA sleuths here in April, revealed that he was instrumental in bringing together the disparate factions of Hurriyat Conference to form the Joint Resistance Leadership that spearheaded the violent agitations of 2016 in Kashmir Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani. JRL had then issued 'protest calendars' leading to economic shutdown for over four months. Many civilians and security forces were killed or injured in these protests.
Malik has purportedly admitted that JRL and Hurriyat faction headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani had collected funds from the business community and certain other sources and ensured that the economic shutdown and violent protests continued to disrupt the daily life of common citizens in the Valley.
During interrogation earlier this month, Asiya Andrabi is said to have admitted to collecting funds and donations from foreign sources for Dukhtaran-e-Milat, which organised protests by Muslim women in the Valley. Andrabi was confronted with evidence regarding funding of educational expenses of her son in Malaysia from 2011 onwards, allegedly through foreign remittances made by Kashmiri businessman and arrested accused in the case Zahoor Watali.
NIA has already approached the concerned authorities for providing evidence relating to certain bank accounts used by Andrabi's son Mohammad bin Qasim while he was studying at University in Malaysia.
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References

1. ^{^} JKLF (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Yasin Malik (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} NIA (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} stone-pelting (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
5. ^{^} Hurriyat Conference (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
6. ^{^} Hizbul Mujahideen (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
7. ^{^} Burhan Wani (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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