NIA arrests jailed Kashmir activist Khurram Parvez in NGO terror funding case

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday formally arrested jailed Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) programme coordinator Khurram Parvez in connection with its NGO terror funding case.

This comes two days after the federal agency nabbed Srinagar resident Irfan Mehraj, its first arrest in the case registered in October 2020. Mehraj was a close associate of human rights activist Parvez.

Parvez is in prison since his arrest by the NIA in November 2021 for anti-national activities, including collecting information on vital installations and deployment and movement of security forces, procuring secret official documents and passing the same to his LeT handlers through encrypted communication channels for monetary consideration. He was chargesheeted along with six others on May 13 last year.