Hurriyat leader Geelani booked under FEMA, penalised ₹14.4 lakh
NEW DELHI : Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani, who advocates Jammu and Kashmir’s merger with Pakistan, has been booked under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for illegally possessing foreign exchange of US $10,000, the Enforcement Directorate said on Friday.
Geelani had been fined ₹14.4 lakh following the confiscation of the unaccounted foreign exchange from his premises in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the agency said.
“The adjudication proceeding in case of Syed Ali Shah Geelani for the offence of illegally possessing foreign exchange was completed on March 20 by levying penalty of ₹14.40 lakh on him along with confiscation of foreign exchange US $ 10,000,” said an ED statement.
The ED took over the case following an Income Tax Department complaint against Geelani.
The agency said it will also impose a penalty and confiscate the illegal acquisition of foreign exchange recovered from another separatist leader Yasin Malik.
THE ED TOOK OVER THE CASE FOLLOWING AN INCOME TAX DEPT COMPLAINT AGAINST GEELANI
KASHMIRI MAN HELD OUTSIDE PAK MISSION
NEW DELHI : A 58-year-old man from Kashmir’s Kupwara district was detained from outside the Pakistan High Commission in central Delhi Friday evening , police said.
Police said the man was picked up for questioning after they found his visit to the High Commission suspicious. Delhi police said the man was previously convicted under the Official Secrets Act.
He was in jail between 2005 and 2009 on espionage charges, said police. DCP (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said, “We are questioning him to know his purpose of visiting the High Commission.”
Police have also informed central intelligence agencies of the incident.