A court in Delhi extended NIA custody by 10 days of four Kashmiri separatists arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting in Kashmir.

 During the in-camera proceedings, Special Judge O.P. Saini allowed the National Investigation Agency to quiz Nayeem Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal and Bashir Ahmad Bhat, alias Peer Saifullah, till August 14. 

Allowing the NIA plea to extend the custody of four accused, the court pointed to the serious nature of allegations against them and the large expanse of investigation to be conducted by the agency.

 Defence counsel Ravi Qazi and Rajat Kumar opposed the NIA plea and said the accused have been falsely implicated in the case and had co-operated in the investigation.

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