Srinagar: Senior Hurriyat (separatist) leader Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat was summoned by the JIC (Joint Interrogation center) Jammu and questioned by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) for nearly 8 hours in a militancy, Hawala funding case on Saturday.
A top official said that Mr. Bhat was summoned related to a case of militancy and Hawala funding in which former minister Jitendra Singh alias Babu Singh was earlier arrested.
He said Bhat was questioned for nearly eight hours till evening at JIC Jammu after he was summoned by the agency today.
"During questioning Bhat revealed many facts regarding the money received from across the border by different Hurriyat leaders in the Valley," KNO quoted an unknown official saying.
Prof. Bhat heads Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference and in the past, he had been the head of the Hurriyat Conference.
Born in Botengo village of Sopore in North Kashmir, Bhat studied Persian, Economics, and Political Science at Sri Pratap College in Srinagar and then pursued his post-graduation in Persian and Law at Aligarh Muslim University.
(KNO)