India Today impact: After #HurriyatTruthTapes expose, NIA raids 21 sites in Kashmir, 7 in Delhi

After an India Today sting operation last month showed Hurriyat leaders confessing to accepting terror funding from Pakistan to foment unrest in the Valley, the National Investigation Agency has carried out raids at several places in Kashmir and Delhi and registered FIRs against the separatist leaders involved in the case, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

Geelani was earlier named in the NIA's Preliminary Enquiry.

The investigating agency raided 21 locations in Kashmir, including the residences of separatist leaders Naeem Khan, Bitta Karate and Javed Baba Gazi for their role in disrupting peace in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The investigating agency also raided 7 places in Delhi and Haryana.

The NIA also filed FIRs against LeT Chief Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.

The investigating agency has booked them under Sections 120 b, 121, 121 of the CrPC, and Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

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