The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday arrested Aslam Wani, close aide of separatist Shabir Shah in connection with terror funding case.
Wani, (36) who was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir, will be brought to Delhi later today. The development comes close on the heels of Shabir Shah's arrest on July 26.
Early on Friday, a Delhi court has issued an open-ended Non-Bailable Warrant against Aslam Wani, against whom the Enforcement Directorate had registered a case of alleged money laundering in 2007. An open-ended NBW does not carry a time limit for execution, unlike NBW.
The ED's case in 2007 had come after Delhi Police's Special Cell had arrested Wani, who comes from Kashmir, in 2005 and recovered a pistol and Rs 62.9 lakh from him. Wani had allegedly “confessed” to having worked as a courier for Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, who is currently in ED's custody. Wani had allegedly stated that he had collected money from operators in Delhi and was supposed to deliver Rs 52.96 lakh to Shah.
In 2010, a Delhi court had cleared Wani of terror funding charges but had convicted him under the Arms Act. The ED had registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Shah and Wani.
Shah, now in ED custody, was arrested by the agency from Srinagar on July 26.
