PoK men living in Italy fund Kashmir unrest via separatists, says ED

The Enforcement Directorate had sought the details on six men from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) who live in Italy for funding terror activities in Kashmir via the Hurriyat separatists, reports The Times of India. 

The ED had filed for the information less than three weeks before the Uri attack and given it to the district court on 24 August, 2016 and 30 August, 2016.

The report says Hurriyat separatists, Firdous Ahmad Shah and Yar Mohammad Khan used Italian remittance firm, Madina Trading, at Corso Garibaldi to receive money from the men from PoK. The firm is based in Brescia, Italy. The same company was used to make a internet protocol account for 26/11 attackers in 2008 with software firm Callphonex. 

Shah and Khan have been charged with money laundering, raising finance for terror activities, holding proceeds of terrorism, waging and attempting war against India.

Shah is also a member of Syed Ali Shah Geelani's hardline Hurriyat Conference and chief of Democratic Political Movement.