NIA arrests Hizbul supremo's son in Srinagar

Yousuf was placed under suspension by the department following the arrest.

Srinagar:  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested Pakistan's Muzaffarabad-based Hizbul Mujahideen supreme commander Syed Salahuddin's son, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, during a raid here, police said. The NIA carried out the raid in the Rambagh area of the city. "He is working as a laboratory technician in Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura. "In 2017, the NIA arrested Syed Shahid Yousuf, another son of Syed Salahuddin. He was working with the Jammu and Kashmir agricultural department," a police officer added. Yousuf was placed under suspension by the department following the arrest.

NIA team along with CRPF and local police arrested Shakeel, the son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin from Rambagh in Srinagar: NIA Spokesperson to ANI

— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2018

NIA sources said both arrests have been made in connection with the terror funding scam being investigated by the agency.