NGOs in J&K raided in terror funding case

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 28

The National Investigation Agency today searched 10 locations in Srinagar and one in Bengaluru in connection with a case related to NGOs and trusts allegedly diverting charity funds for secessionist activities in J&K.

Those whose premises were searched included Khurram Parvez (J&K Coalition of Civil Society co-ordinator), his associates Parvez Ahmad Bukhari, Parvez Ahmad Matta, Bengaluru-based associate Swati Sheshadri and Parveena Ahanger, the chairperson of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, the NIA said in a statement. It said the offices of NGO Athrout and GK Trust, which runs English daily ‘Greater Kashmir’, were also searched.

A senior NIA official said several incriminating documents and electronic devices were seized. The case was registered by the agency on October 8. — TNS