In a damning disclosure, arrested Hurriyat activist Anjum Zamrooda Habib on Friday admitted in a Delhi court that the money seized from her on Thursday was given by Pakistan's high commission for Hurriyat chairman Abdul Ghani Bhat.
Habib made this disclosure before designated Judge S N Dhingra in a jam-packed court when the police produced her seeking 10 days' remand for further interrogation.
The court granted the request. Hurriyat spokesperson Shabir Ahmed Dar was also remanded to 10 days' police custody.
Police had on Thursday night claimed to have seized Rs 307,000 and Rs 215,000, respectively from the duo.
When the judge questioned Habib about the source of the money seized from her, she said it was given by the Pakistani high commission to be paid as 'nazrana' (gift) to All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Abdul Ghani Bhat.
The accused, leader of the Muslim Khawateen Markaz, denied links with any militant outfit saying she had gone to the high commission on Bhat's request to get a book titled 'Independent Survey of Elections'.
The prosecution said police had also recovered a diary from Habib containing names of various militant outfits operating in India and the amount of money to be paid to each.
The accused, who went inside the embassy empty handed, had returned with a bag, it claimed.
Habib's interrogation had led the police to Dar, who was arrested from the office of the Kashmir Awareness Bureau in Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, said Assistant Commissioner of Police L N Rao.
A computer, some literature on the composition of the Hurriyat and cassettes were recovered from the office, he said.
A list with names of militants, including Pakistani ones lodged in Tihar, was recovered from the office, the prosecution claimed adding an amount of Rs 215,000 was seized from Dar's home.
Dar told the court that the money was handed over by the Hurriyat to run the affairs of the Kashmir Awareness Bureau, which he manages in the capital.
He claimed that his job was to interact with various embassies in the capital.
Asked about the list of militants, Dar said the Hurriyat Conference may have maintained such records for 'political purposes'.
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