J&K: ED conducts raid at house of Hurriyat leader Qazi Yasir in Anantnag

Anantnag: A team of ED officials with security personnel on Thursday raided the house of Hurriyat leader Qazi Ahmed Yasir in Anantnag. More details are awaited.

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Last month, the district administration of Anantnag demolished an illegal shopping complex of Yasir. Qazi Ahmed Yasir is a Kashmiri political leader. He is the former Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a renowned scholar.

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He was suspended from the post of Mirwaiz in 2018 after a purported video surfaced showing him in an obscene act with a woman. However, the case is being investigated by a body of socio, political, legal and religious activists from the Kashmir valley. Since 2018 he has been in jail. (with ANI inputs)

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