NIA summons Bar Association prez; Kashmir lawyers suspend work
4 Sep 2017 5:47 PM GMT
Srinagar/New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has summoned Kashmir High Court Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom in connection with a case related to the funding of separatist activities in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Monday.
As news about the summons spread, lawyers across the Valley suspended work and decided to stay away from the courts on Tuesday as well.
The Bar Association said in a statement that the NIA notice was "dastardly persecution" of innocent people, who continue to be victims of the "NIA onslaught". Qayoom, considered close to pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani who heads the anti-national conglomerate Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, has been asked to appear before the agency on Wednesday, officials said. His name had cropped up during the interrogation of some of those arrested by the probe agency.
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