Khurram Parvez, who was the Program Coordinator for the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS), has been arrested by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in an NGO terror funding case.
According to the NIA, it arrested Khurram Parvez, the Program Coordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS) and Chairperson of the Philippines based NGO Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) in the NGO Terror Funding Case.
Investigations had revealed that Khurram Parvez has been collecting funds under the garb of fighting for Human Rights, from various international entities and persons based abroad and channeling those funds for funding terror activities in the Kashmir valley, the agency said.
Parvez, along with his associates, was also propagating a secessionist agenda through his various NGOs. Parvez has already been charge-sheeted in another NIA case. He was formally arrested upon production in this case today.
The case relates to the funding of proscribed terrorist organisations, such as Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, by certain NGOs, Trusts and societies based in the Valley.
Investigations have also revealed that Khurram Parvez and his associates raised funds to support individuals who were involved in pelting stones at security forces personnel and also motivated others to extend similar support, the central investigation agency stated.
These trusts and societies, which have been under investigation, have utilised the funds they raised to publish anti-national and incriminating material intended to cause hatred and disaffection toward the Government of India, NIA added.