The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, asking him to explain the source of $10,000 "illegally" possessed by him in 2002.
The foreign currency was seized during Income-Tax Department raids at his residence in Srinagar's Hyderpora area in 2002.The probe agency issued the notice, under various sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), to the 87-year-old separatist leader based in Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir.
Geelani heads the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference.Taking cognisance of the I-T Dept report, the ED had issued summons to Geelani to appear before it in Srinagar in March this year.
His counsel submitted a written reply and denied the recovery of foreign currency from his residence and seizure.
