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ED imposes over Rs 14 lakh penalty on separatist leader Geelani

ANI
Published : Mar 22, 2019, 3:05 pm IST
Updated : Mar 22, 2019, 3:05 pm IST

ED will also impose penalty and confiscate illegal acquisition of foreign exchange recovered from former Chairman of JKLF.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh on Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani under the Foreign Exchange Management Act for illegally possessing foreign exchange of 10,000 US Dollars. (Photo: File)
 Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh on Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani under the Foreign Exchange Management Act for illegally possessing foreign exchange of 10,000 US Dollars. (Photo: File)

Srinagar: In a fresh turn of events, Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh on Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani under the Foreign Exchange Management Act for illegally possessing foreign exchange of 10,000 US Dollars.

In 2017 also, the probe agency had summoned the 87-year-old Separatist leader Geelani for possessing foreign exchange to the tune of 10,000 US Dollars illegally.

Along with Geelani, the ED will also impose a penalty and confiscate the illegal acquisition of foreign exchange recovered from Yasin Malik, former Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). The adjudication proceedings against Yasin Malik are in progress. More details in this regard are awaited.

Tags: ed, syed ali shah geelani, jklf, yasin malik, jammu and kashmir
Location: India, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar