Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA, India’s top probing agency) on Tuesday attached (seized) the property of jailed Hurriyat (G) leader Ayaz Akbar at Shalteng area of Srinagar.
News agency KDC quoted an official saying that NIA placed a notice of attachment on the immovable property that reads: “this is to inform all members of the public that the immovable property ie. land measuring 1 Kanal and 10 Marias under Survey No, 31 at mauza Shalteng Tehsil Srinagar (J-K), in the name of Muhammad Akbar Khanday So Ab. Rehman Khanday, R/o Malora near Imam-ul-Bana Masjid, P.S Parimpora, Srinagar, J-K, as Abadi Deh, has been attached under the Court Orders dated May 31, 2023 in RC-101 20177 NIA/ DLI, by the Special NIA Court Patiala House Courts, New Dehli.”
Muhammad Akbar Khanday is the father of Ayaz Akbar, who is presently serving detention in New Delh’s Tihar Jail since past six years.
Ayaz Akbar was arrested in July 2018 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over the alleged militant funding case. He along with some top Hurriyat leaders is languishing at New Delhi’s Tihar jail.
Ayaz Akbar’s wife passed away in April this year after losing battle to cancer.