The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has opposed the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in a money laundering case before the court of additional sessions judge Satish Arora. The matter has been adjourned for hearing on April 29.

The court had on February 19 sought a response from the ED on the bail plea of Shah.

Shah is the main accused in a 2007 money laundering case related to alleged terror financing. He is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. The Delhi High Court has recently granted bail to alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani in the same case who is the co-accused in the matter.

The High Court had granted bail to Wani on Rs 3 lakh as personal bail bond and two sureties of like amount. In his bail plea, Shabir Shah stated that there is no evidence of any nature connecting him with Aslam Wani. Shah, chairman of the Democratic Freedom Party, claimed that the allegations levelled against him are motivated and based on falsehood.

—India Legal Bureau