Srinagar: Hundreds of Kashmir University students on Tuesday staged a protest inside the varsity campus against the summoning of PhD scholar Aala Fazili by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Witnesses said that the students marched inside the varsity campus in Hazratbal to demand release of Fazili who was quizzed by the central probe agency yesterday.
They said that the students converged outside the Humanities block and raised slogans against the NIA.
Yasin Khan of Kashmir Traders and Marketing Federation, and PhD scholar Aala Fazil were examined by the NIA yesterday, said a spokesman.
The duo was questioned about alleged funding to various groups that pelted the government forces with stones, he said.
The NIA had registered a case on May 30 to probe alleged cross-border funding to sponsor unrest in the valley.
The NIA has arrested 10 people so far in connection with its probe. They include Altaf Ahmed Shah, the son-in-law of Syed Ali Geelani, and prominent businessman Zahoor Watali.
Geelani’s close aides Ayaz Akbar, who is also the spokesperson of the Hurriyat (G), and Peer Saifullah have also been arrested.
Others arrested are Shahid-ul-Islam, spokesperson of the Hurriyat (M), Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar alias ‘Bitta Karate’, photo-journalist Kamran Yusuf and Javed Ahmed Bhat.
