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Srinagar (The Hawk): Kashmiri separatists had lavish mansions and offices both inside and outside Jammu and Kashmir for three decades. Since the political regimes lacked the guts to take them on, Pakistani stooges used to operate a parallel system in Kashmir as supporters of the neighbouring nation. The Income Tax Department confiscated the late Syed Ali Shah Geelani's Delhi home in April 2019 as part of a crackdown on separatists related to a Rs 3.62 crore tax fraud case against him. Geelani was the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference. The seized property was situated in the Malviya Nagar neighbourhood of South Delhi. Asiya Andrabi's home was attached by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in July 2019, marking the first time in 30 years that a property belonged to a separatist leader in Kashmir. Andrabi is the self-described leader of the women's radical group Dukhtaran-e-Millat. Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, her residence in Soura on the outskirts of Srinagar was taken (UAPA). Andrabi was accused by the NIA of "waging war" against the nation and of disseminating "hateful messages and statements against India" on social media, according to the NIA's charge sheet against her. Her organisation participated in anti-Indian activities and encouraged the Kashmiri people to rebel militarily against the Indian government with support from terrorist groups stationed in Pakistan. In a case involving the sponsorship of terrorist operations earlier this month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached the separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah's home, which was worth Rs 21.80 lakh. Investigations had shown that Shah had been involved in obtaining money through hawala and other methods from the Pakistani establishment as well as ...