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Prominent Kashmiri businessman arrested in terror funding case

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IANS New Delhi

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested Zahoor Wattali, a prominent Kashmiri businessman and a close aide of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on charges of funding terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

Wattali was arrested from Srinagar, a day after the NIA searched multiple locations in the Kashmir Valley, including the businessman's office and houses of his close relatives.

--IANS

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First Published: Aug 17 2017 | 7:58 PM IST

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