Srinagar, July 10 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted six senior leaders of the separatist Hurriyat Conference in connection with a 1996 case of mob violence and indiscriminate firing on police personnel in Srinagar (J&K).

The chargesheet, filed on Friday before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, has named Kashmiri separatist leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Ganie Lone, Mohd. Yaqoob Wakeel @ Mohd. Yaqoob Vakil, Javid Ahmad Mir, and Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi.

All six have been charged under relevant provisions of the Ranbir Penal Code, 1989, for

criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, rioting and assault on public servants, along with Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

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