OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Rights groups including the United Nations have criticised the arrest of a prominent activist in Illegally Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IIOJK) on terror funding charges.

Khurram Parvez was arrested late on Monday by India’s federal National Investigation Agency (NIA), an Indian official briefed on the situation told Reuters.

His residence and office were searched and a mobile phone, laptop and books seized, he added.—Reuters