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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained a human rights activist on Monday while conducting raids in various locations in connection with a terror funding case.

According to officials, Khurram Parvez, the coordinator of the J&K Coalition of Civil Society, was detained during a raid on his Sonawar residence in the city.

On October 28, last year, the NIA searched 10 locations in the valley, including Parvez’s, and one in Bangalore in connection with a case involving certain so-called NGOs and trusts raising funds in India and abroad in the name of charitable activities and then using those funds to carry out secessionist and separatist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

The case was filed on October 8, 2020, under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) after the agency received “credible information that certain NGOs and trusts are collecting funds domestically and abroad through so-called donations and business contributions” and then using them to fund terror activities in Union territory.

Besides Sonawar, the raids were carried out at the main office of the coalition of civil society at Amirakadal Bund in the heart of the city, the officials said.

Several incriminating documents and electronic devices were also seized during the raids. Further details are awaited.

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