5 bank accounts linked to Geelani under NIA lens

New Delhi, January 19

Five bank accounts allegedly linked to hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani are being scrutinised by the National Investigation Agency as part of its probe into suspected terror funding.The probe agency has roped in financial experts to scan these accounts — two of Geelani and the rest owned by other persons linked to him, official sources said today. Preliminary investigation has found suspicious financial transactions through these accounts during 2014 and 2015. There are many layers of transactions to avoid detection of end use of the money, they alleged, adding that in many of the deposits, the details of the depositors were not known.— PTI