Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday attached 17 properties of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali in a funding case, the agency said.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik is currently undergoing life imprisonment in the case., officials said.
They said a team of the NIA attached the immovable properties in the name of Watali at villages Baghatpora and Kachwari in Handwara area of the north Kashmir district.
The properties include land in the name of Watali, an accused in the case, the officials said.
They said the properties were attached following an order by the Special NIA Court in New Delhi in May.
Watali was arrested by the NIA in 2017 under various sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
A trial court had in May last year framed charges against Watali and others in a case related to alleged militancy and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir in 2017.
Watali was moved out of jail in February last year and placed under house arrest on medical grounds.
(PTI)