[Reader-list] Shahbir Shah has links with LeT: Police

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

*Shahbir Shah has links with LeT: Police*

*PTI | Srinagar*

In a confidential report, Jammu and Kashmir Police has accused moderate
Hurriyat Conference leader Shabir Ahmed Shah of having links with
Pakistan-based terror group Lashker-e-Taiba.

In the report to the state home department, the police have suggested some
pro-active measures to curb the anti-national activities of separatist
leaders and also slapped the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against
pro-Pakistan leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

In its report, the police alleged that Shah was in constant touch with
Furqan of Lashker-e-Taiba and used to take orders directly from him,
official sources said.

The report, which has been sent to the Home department to confirm the Public
Safety Act on Shah, has accused him of hatching a conspiracy with LeT cadres
in destablising the peace in the state.

The name of Furqan first surfaced during the probe of Hurriyat leader Sheikh
Aziz's killing. He was shot dead in North Kashmir during "Muzzafarabad
Chalo" (in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir) by militants.

During investigations, it came to light that Furqan was in constant touch
with Shah on a mobile not registered in the name of the separatist leader,
the police claimed in its report.