Even as family denies any role, NIA arrests nine of 'gang' with demonetised currency notes, allegedly linked to financing terror and separatist-related activities in state

"My father is innocent; he's done nothing," said Astha Toprani, daughter of Deepak Toprani, a cloth merchant and advocate from Vidyavihar and one of the nine arrested yesterday by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly funding terror- and separatist-related activities in Jammu & Kashmir. The agency has seized over Rs 36 crore in demonetised currency notes from the gang.