Enforcement Directorate files case of terror funding on Hurriyat member

Srinagar: In the first of its kind chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir, Firdous Ahmad Shah, a member of Geelani’s Hurriyat Conference, was on Thursday charged in connection with use of money sent from Italy allegedly for terror financing.

The chargesheet filed in the court of Sessions Judge Srinagar (Special Judge, Money Laundering) named Shah as well as his close confidante Yar Mohammed Khan, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) official said.

The ED has alleged that the two men received monies from Italy through western union money transfer and this money was used for unlawful activities relating to terror funding. The chargesheet mentions that there were around 300 instances.