Another separatist leader Shabir Shah arrested in J&K's Srinagar

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested another senior separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in Srinagar in a money laundering case.

Shah, who heads the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, was arrested from his Sanatnagar residence. He will be handed over to the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday.

The ED had issued fresh summons to Shabir Shah in connection with money laundering case related to terror financing.

The central probe agency has issued several summons to Shah over the last few years in pursuance of the August 2005 case wherein the Delhi Police's Special Cell had arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani (35), an alleged hawala dealer, who had claimed that he had passed on Rs 2.25 crore to Shah.

Hurriyat leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani are already under house arrest while Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik is also under arrest.

Meanwhile, a shutdown call of the Hurriyat against the arrest of seven separatist leaders evoked a mixed response on Tuesday, even as the authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the city.