The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at the residence Shahid Yousuf Shah, son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in central Kashmir’s Budagm. Another son’s premises were also searched
Shahid Yousuf Shah was sent on a seven-day custody of NIA by a court in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the NIA seized five mobile phones and a laptop during the searches.
Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Yasin Malik have described the detention of Shah as “political vendetta to pressurise Salahuddin”.
Meanwhile, the United Jehad Council on Wednesday condemned the arrest Yousuf Shah. “Innocents are being framed in fabricated cases,” said UJC spokesman in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
