NIA raids residence, office of human rights activist in Srinagar

SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided the residence and office of a human rights activist in Kashmir capital Srinagar.

Official sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that sleuths of NIA carried out searches at the residence and office of prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvaiz here in Srinagar, in connection with a case already registered at NIA.

They said that the residence of Khurram at Sonawar and office at Amira Kadal was searched by the sleuths of NIA.

The probing agency was assisted by the local police and paramilitary personnel that searched the office and residence thoroughly, they added.

Pertinently, NIA searched the residences of Khurram Parvaiz at Sonwar residence in Srinagar last year also.