The National Investigation Agency continued the raids at nine locations in Srinagar and Delhi (archive)
New Delhi:
Six non-profit organizations and trusts and nine locations, including the property of former Delhi Minority Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan, were raided by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in a terrorist financing case.
The six NGOs raided by the NIA are Falah-e-Aam Trust, Charity Alliance, Human Welfare Foundation, JK Yateem Foundation, Salvation Movement, and J&K Voice of Victims.
The two NGOs Charity Alliance and Human Welfare Foundation are based in Delhi, while the rest are based in Jammu and Srinagar in Kashmir.
Mr. Khan is the founding editor of the Milli Gazette newspaper and president of the Charity Alliance.
Today’s searches continue since yesterday’s NIA raids on 10 locations in Srinagar and one in Bengaluru in connection with the case in which some non-profit organizations are suspected of raising funds in India and abroad to lead to carried out separatist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
Several incriminating documents and electronic devices have been seized, the sources said.
Yesterday, NIA officials raided the homes and offices of Khurram Parvez, coordinator of the J&K Civil Society Coalition; his associates Parvez Ahmad Bukhari, Parvez Ahmad Matta and Swati Sheshadri; Parveena Ahanger, president of the Association of Parents of Missing Persons, the NGO Athrout and the Greater Kailash Trust.
The head of the People’s Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, called the NIA raids a “brutal crackdown on dissent.” “The NIA raids on human rights activist Khurram Parvez and the Greater Kashmir office in Srinagar are another example of the Government of India’s brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent. Unfortunately, the NIA has become BJP’s favorite agency to intimidate and frighten those who refuse to walk the line. “Ms Mufti tweeted on Wednesday.
The NIA in a statement alleged that these so-called non-profit organizations have been obtaining money from undisclosed donors, which was then used to fund terrorist activities.
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