Jammu, April 27 -- Separatist leader Shabir Shah was produced before a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jammu on Monday in connection with a 1996 violence-related case, where the court remanded him to 10 days of NIA custody, officials said.

Shah had earlier been arrested by the NIA in connection with the decades-old case registered in Kashmir dating back to 1996 and was first produced before the Patiala House Court on April 18. Monday's hearing marked the second appearance in the matter. The case had been under investigation for a long time, and the agency has now intensified its action by taking Shabir Shah into custody.

The special NIA court granted the agency 10 days' custody of Shah to facilitate further investig...