Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah on Monday missed his date with Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged hawala case as he is under house arrest in Kashmir and his lawyer sought a fresh date for his appearance.
Shah, the leader of Democratic Freedom Party, had been summoned on Monday for questioning in connection with a decade-old case of terror financing through ‘hawala channel’.
“I could not attend the ED summons as I have been under constant house arrest for <g data-gr-id="16">sometime</g>,” Shah said over <g data-gr-id="15">phone</g> from Srinagar. His said his lawyer had informed the ED about his status of continued detention.
The ED is probing a case of August 26, <g data-gr-id="14">2005</g> when Delhi Police’s Special Cell had arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani, an alleged hawala dealer, and claimed to have recovered Rs 63 lakh from him, <g data-gr-id="17">suspectedly</g> received through hawala channels from Middle East.