Yousuf admits receiving funds to stoke trouble in Kashmir: NIA

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today claimed Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of globally-wanted terrorist and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, had admitted he received funds for subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley.

Yousuf, who was sent to seven days of custody to the agency for further questioning, had also given the names of overseas Hizbul Mujahideen members involved in fund-raising for the terror outfit, an NIA spokesman said.

The 42-year-old Yousuf, who works in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, was arrested here yesterday. (AGENCIES)

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