Among those raided by the NIA in Srinagar were AltafFantoosh, the son-in-law of hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and some second rung separatist leaders belonging to Hurriyat Conference and the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. The agency seized nearly Rs 1.5 crore from various locations in the Kashmir Valley, besides documents which were being scrutinised. 
This is for the first time since early 1990s that a central probe agency has carried out raids in connection with terror funding to separatists. The raids follow questioning of three separatists - Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar alias 'Bitta Karate' and GaziJaved Baba of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, in the national capital last month. 
During a sting operation, Nayeem Khan was seen purportedly confessing to receiving money from Pakistan-based terror groups.