India, July 10 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a comprehensive chargesheet against six senior leaders of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, including jailed Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah, in connection with a 1996 case of mob violence and indiscriminate firing on police personnel in Srinagar.

Submitted before the special NIA court in Jammu, the chargesheet names Kashmiri separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Ganie Lone, Mohd Yaqoob Wakeel, Javid Ahmad Mir, and Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi besides Shabir Shah. An official spokesperson said that while charges against Geelani, Lone, and Wakeel stand abated due to their deaths over the years, the investigation fully established their roles and...