SRINAGAR, Mar 18: The J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) launched a search operation on Saturday at eight different places to investigate the recipients of slush funds flowing through known secessionist Maulavi Sarjan Barkati of south Kashmir. According to government sources, more than Rs 1.5 crore in funds were generated by crowdfunding and from suspected terror sources utilised for personal benefits, profiteering and furtherance of the secessionist-terrorist campaigns. Informing about Maulavi Sarjan Barkati of South Kashmir, the government sources said, “Sarjan Barkati is known for mobilising thousands onto streets during the 2016 violent agitation, through his incendiary oratory.” “Known as the pied piper, Sarjan Barkati used to openly invite and incite youth to take to violence and pull down the Indian state in J&K”, added sources.
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