New Delhi: In a major development, the National Investigative Agency has arrested separatists Masrat Alam, Asiya Andrabi and Shahbir Shah today. All three have been sent to 10-day NIA custody in a terror funding case involving Jamaat-Ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.
The National Investigative Agency arrested all three during in-chamber proceedings. The NIA initially sought 15-day custodial interrogation.
Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi and separatist Shabir Shah were already in custody in separate cases while Masrat Alam was brought from Jammu and Kashmir on transit remand.
Country's anti-terror probe agency NIA filed a charge sheet against 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and 10 Kashmiri separatists.
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