Separatist leader Shabir Shah gets bail in money laundering case, to stay in jail for other offences

A Delhi court granted statutory bail to Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in a money laundering case linked to terror funding. Despite this, Shah will remain in jail due to two other cases by the NIA. Arrested in 2017 by the NIA and later handed to the Enforcement Directorate, Shah is in Delhi’s Tihar jail. His bail plea cited completion of nearly seven years in custody, the maximum for his charge. The court noted his other serious cases but granted bail as he hasn't been convicted. Shah leads the banned JKDFP and was first arrested at 14 for separatist protests.