New Delhi, April 18, KNT: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in connection with a 1996 case, with a Delhi court granting the agency three days of transit remand for further investigation.
Shah was produced before the Patiala House Court in New Delhi on Friday evening, which allowed the NIA to take him into custody and transport him to Jammu and Kashmir for further legal proceedings.
Officials said he is expected to be taken to Jammu and Kashmir and produced before a competent court for the next stage of the case.
The case relates to an FIR registered at Shergarhi Police Station on July 17, 1996. According to investigators, the incident occurred during a funeral procession of slain militants, where sloganeering allegedly escalated into violence.
Security agencies have stated that armed militants opened fire during the unrest, resulting in injuries to personnel, forming the basis of the case now being pursued by the NIA.
The development marks a fresh legal move against Shah, weeks after he secured relief in other cases. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in March 2026 in a separate NIA case, followed by bail in a money laundering case later that month.
Officials indicated that the latest action is part of ongoing investigations into older cases linked to militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.
The arrest and transit remand signal renewed focus on pending cases from the 1990s, with agencies moving to pursue legal proceedings through court-monitored processes. [KNT]
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