New Delhi June 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has issued fresh summons to separatist leader Shabbir Shah for June 6 in a 2005 case of laundering money used to fund terror activities in the Kashmir Valley.
According to ED officials if Shah again fails to appear the agency will approach a court to get an arrest warrant issued against him.
Earlier the financial investigating agency had issued summons to Shah on May 25 but he didn t come.
In 2005 the Delhi Police s Special Cell had arrested alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani with cash and firearms who later confessed to passing on a huge amount of cash to the separatist leader.
The ED then registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Shah and Wani.
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ED summons Shabbir Shah in 2005 money laundering case
