Srinagar: A day after arresting a close aide of hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a hawala case, police has arrested a woman courier of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and recovered Rs three lakh from her possession.
"On a specific information, police station Safakadal arrested one woman courier from Eidgah area of the city on Sunday evening and recovered Rs three lakh from her," a police spokesman said.
He said 45-year-old Nighat Siddiqui, wife of Irshad Ahmad, was also carrying one leaf of LeT letter head at the time of the arrest.
The spokesman said the money was to be used for "disruptive purpose" in Srinagar and elsewhere in the Valley.
A case under relevant section of Ranbir Penal Code and Unlawful Activities Act, has been registered against her, he said.
The arrest of the woman comes a day after Police arrested Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, a close aide of Geelani and head of legal cell of the Hurriyat, and recovered Rs 21.20 lakh hawala money from his possession.
A team of Delhi Police, which arrived in Srinagar on Sunday, has taken three day's transit remand for Bhat from a local court.
Bhat is presently undergoing treatment at SKIMS hospital Soura for head injury sustained during a scuffle between police and his relatives at the time of his arrest on Saturday.
The Delhi Police team are waiting Bhat's discharge from the hospital so that he can be taken to the Union capital for further investigations into the case.
Two other persons, from Kupwara and Sopore in north Kashmir, have also been arrested in connection with Bhat's case.
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