NEW DELHI, Apr 2: The Supreme Court today cancelled the bail of Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, a Kashmiri businessman, in a terror funding case saying NIA has collected ample evidence to show linkages between the Hurriyat leaders of Jammu and Kashmir and terror organisations as also their activities to wage war against India.
The bail was granted by the Delhi High Court to Watali arrested by NIA for his alleged role in a terror-funding case involving Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.
“Ample material has been collected to show the linkages between the Hurriyat leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir and terrorists/terrorist organizations and their continuous activities to wage war against Government of India,” said a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi.
The judgement assumes significance in the light of the Government’s recent crackdown on separatist outfits based in the State.
The apex court’s verdict came on an appeal filed by the NIA against the high court’s September 13, 2018 judgement granting bail to Watali.
Cancelling the relief granted to Watali, the bench said the High Court “adopted an inappropriate approach” while considering his bail plea by discarding all the material and evidence placed on record before it by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). (PTI)
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