Delhi court extends NIA custody of terror funding accused by 7 days

• Tuesday | 18th June, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to quiz Mohammad Arif Ghulambashir Dharampuria for seven days in connection with the Pakistan-based Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) terror funding case. He was presented before the court on expiry of his earlier five-day NIA custody. This was the fifth arrest in the case related to receiving of terror funds being sent by FIF operators to their associates through hawala operators to create unrest in India. The NIA registered the FIF terror funding case on July 2, 2018 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). As per the case, some Delhi-based individuals were receiving funds from FIF operatives based abroad and using the same to further terror activities.