Delhi police have slapped charges of funding and supplying weapons to militants on a Dubai-based Kashmiri businessman close to Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The charges were filed in a court on the same day moderate Mirwaiz was pleading his friendÂ’s release in order to make the talks with the Indian prime minister successful.No wonder if Mirwaiz may himself find in the dock as police told the court while filing the charge sheet that its investigations are still not complete and it may have to interrogate some more people linked with the case. The case had been listed for arguments in a Delhi court on Wednesday but was deferred until May 27.
Mirwaiz and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin figure in the confession of the 36-year old Nasir Mir, who was arrested with arms and “hawala” money in February, as among those for whom he worked. In a startling disclosure, Nasir has also reportedly confessed that slain HM commander Abdul Majid Dar was his partner in his exchange companies through which the money was routed to the militants. It was Nasir who had reportedly escorted Dar from Pakistan to Dubai and then brought him to Srinagar where he had announced a unilateral cease-fire on July 24, 2000 and later held talks with the central government. He was gunned down in March 2003 by militants in Sopore town in the valley.