ED summons Geelani, Yasin Malik

FEMA CASES

Evenastheniacontinuesitsterror-funding probe against certain Kashmiri separatists, the ED has summoned two key separatist leaders from the Valley for questioning in connection with cases registered under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

The agency has asked Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Yasin Malik to appear before its officers in Jammu and Kashmir within the next few weeks. While Malik has been asked to appear before the central probe agency in Srinagar on March 28, Geelani has been summoned on April 3.

Edofficialssaidgeelaniisrequired to be questioned by its sleuthswithregardtoa2002casewhen the Income Tax department had recovered $ 10,000 from a house in Hyderpora area of Srinagarbelongingtogeelani.theysaid Geelani’s statement would be recorded under the provisions of the FEMA once he deposes.

The FEMA case pertaining to Malik is based on a 2001 FIR of the local police after they seized $ 0.1 million from a person identified as M A Dar and his wife. Dar had reportedly told the police that he was handed over the money by a person in Nepal to be further handed over to Malik. Malik was arrested in this case by the police but was later let off on bail. ■ “Katiyar cold storage collapsed after a gas leak in the chiller plant that led to an explosion,” said SP (Rural) Rajesh Kumar. ■ The exact cause of the blast, which injured nearly 15 people, is yet to be determined.

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