New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has recorded confessional statements on the flow of money, especially from Pakistan, from two persons accused in a case related to the funding of violent activities in Kashmir, officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile a court in Delhi has extended the judicial custody of two accused photojournalist Kamran Yousuf and Javed Ahmed till October 17
While one has been formally arrested, the other was detained and subsequently let off after he said he would turn approver, the officials said, declining to divulge their names.
The former, arrested on July 24 this year after his house was raided by the central probe agency, approached NIA sleuths, giving his consent for recording his confessional statement.
He gave a detailed account of how funds were sent from Pakistan-based organisations to separatists based in the Valley, the officials said.
A confessional statement is recorded before a judicial magistrate. The accused confirms in it that he or she is giving a statement without any pressure from the probe agency.
The entire process is videographed and no investigation officer is present in the court premises during the proceedings. In case of retraction later, the agency can file a case of perjury.
Meanwhile in a related development a court in Delhi remanded two Kashmiri youths, including a photojournalist, to judicial custody until October 17.
Pulwama-based photojournalist Kamran Yousuf and another youth Javed Ahmad Bhat were earlier remanded to the custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) by a court until Tuesday.
Reports said that both the youth were sent to judicial custody till 17 October by Patiala House Court Tuesday.
Yousuf was arrested on September 4 by Jammu and Kashmir Police. He was handed over to NIA a day after.
