NEW DELHI, Oct. 25 -- A Delhi court has 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 under Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Friday, directed that the recording of prosecution evidence will begin on November 19. Malik is currently serving a life term in Tihar Jail under charges of terrorist and subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir and in raising and receiving funds through illegal channels, including Hawala under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Enforcement Directorate case stems directly from the 2017 terror-funding and conspiracy case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). While Malik has already been convicted in May 2022 by a special NIA court in the 2017 case, the present ED case is the only one pending against him in the national Capital. 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, receiving and laundering proceeds of crime to fund secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Appearing via video conferencing during hearing, Malik, chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), pleaded not guilty and stated he would contest the case. "I conclude that prima facie, there is sufficient material on record based upon which strong suspicion is raised against all seven accused persons," the special judge had said. The other five accused are Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Masarat Alam, Naval Kishore Kapoor and Trison Farms and Constructions Pvt Ltd....