NIA arrests Srinagar businessman Zahoor Watali

The National Investigation Agency arrested Valley’s known businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali on Thursday afternoon “in connection with funding of terrorist and separatist activities” in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Watali is being questioned by the NIA officials regarding the incriminating financial transaction details and property-related records seized during searches on Wednesday,” said an NIA spokesman.

He will be produced before the special NIA judge at Patiala House Courts on Friday.