Highlights 1 Shah is the founder and chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party2 He's currently an inmate in Tihar jail3 Shah admitted to having links with hawala operators in PakistanThe Enforcement Directorate has (ED) said in a chargesheet that separatist leader Shabir Shah confessed to having been in constant touch with 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Shah said he last spoke to him in January, the ED's chargesheet says. Shabir Shah admitted he had links with hawala operators in Pakistan who were laundering money to fund militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The ED also discovered that the website IP address of Shah's Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party is registered in Peshawar. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) then launched an investigation into the funding of Hurriyat Conference leaders, and made several arrests.

Source: India Today September 23, 2017 15:11 UTC