NIA chargesheets Shabir Shah, five others in 1996 Srinagar violence case

Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah. File pic/IANS

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed charge sheets against six separatist leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, including Shabir Ahmad Shah, in connection with a 1996 case of mob violence and firing on police personnel in Srinagar.

Besides Shah, the charge sheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, has named Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Ganie Lone, Mohd Yaqoob Wakeel alias Mohd Yaqoob Vakil, Javid Ahmad Mir, and Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi, a statement issued by the probe agency said.

All six have been charged with criminal conspiracy, attempted murder, rioting and assault on public servants, it said. The charges against Geelani, Lone, and Wakeel stand abated as they passed away during the pendency of the proceedings.

The NIA, during investigation, ascertained that all six accused had led an unlawful assembly and instigated large-scale violence against police personnel during the funeral procession of terrorist Hilal Ahmad Beigh in Srinagar on July 17, 1996.

As per NIA's findings in the case, the accused Hurriyat leaders had actively incited the violence, raising anti-India, pro-Pakistan and secessionist slogans.

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