India, Oct. 24 -- A Delhi court on Friday ordered the commencement of trial against jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, and five others in an alleged Rs.8.94 crore terror-funding and money laundering case linked to Pakistan-based hawala channels.

Special Judge Prashant Sharma of Rouse Avenue courts, formally framing charges against the accused, directed that the recording of prosecution evidence will begin on November 19.

The development came after the court on September 9 ordered framing of charges against the accused, observing that there was sufficient prima facie material on record to raise a "strong suspicion" regarding the involvement of the accused in generating,...