Srinagar, Jan. 13 -- J&K Police's Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Tuesday initiated proclamation proceedings against three accused - including a US-based architect and a former president of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry - for their alleged involvement in a case related to anti-national and unlawful activities.

A Srinagar court had recently issued proclamation against Mubeen Ahmad Shah, a doctor-turned-businessman based in Malaysia who headed the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, US-based architect Azizul Hassan Ashai alias Tony Ashai and Germany-based vlogger Rifat Wani. Shah and Ashai are from Srinagar, while Wani is from Kupwara.

"It is hereby notified that if the absconding accused fail to appear before the...