Mubashir Bukhari
Srinagar (NVI): National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned senior Congress leader Ghulam Mohammad Saroori for questioning in connection with militancy related cases in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Saroori, who is close aide of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, has been called for questioning in a case regarding violence and arson that took place on August 9, 2013 in Kishtwar, sources said.
Saroori is the state Congress vice president and a former Jammu and Kashmir Minister.
In 2019, Saroori’s brother Mohammad Shafi Saroori was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) by police for allegedly giving shelter to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants.
His brother was among six persons, who were booked for allegedly helping the militants in their movement and arranging shelter for them in their houses.
In 2019, RSS leader and his security guard were killed in Kishtwar town.
Besides that major militant strikes happened in Kishtwar during the past one year, which was handed over to the NIA.
