NIA, ATS quiz Jhansi Mufti over ‘foreign funding’ to his religious classes
Hindustan TimesThe National Investigation Agency and the Anti-Terrorist Squad raided the home of one Mufti Khalid Nadvi in Jhansi district early on Thursday as part of an investigation into possible foreign funding linked to his online religious education classes. The raid, which took place around 4 am, is part of a broader probe into the flow of foreign funds supporting radical activities, said police officials in the know of things. Mufti Khalid, who runs both online and offline religious education programmes in Jhansi’s Salim Bagh area where he resides, is being questioned about the source of the funding. Prior to reaching his home, the NIA and ATS team also interrogated his relative Mufti Sabir Ansari Nadvi at his residence in Mukaryana, a nearby locality.