The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has clearly established the role of the Pakistan High Commission in supporting the separatists and creating unrest in the Kashmir Valley through the transfer of funds.

The claims were made by the investigation agency in a 3000-page supplementary charge sheet filed by it before a Delhi court on Friday against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and four other Kashmiri separatists in connection with Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case.

"Role of Pakistan High Commission in supporting the separatist and other networks through the transfer of funds via financial conduits and in providing directions to continue the unrest in the KashmirValley has also been clearly established," the agency said in an officialstatement.The NIA alleged that the five accused allegedly carried out"criminal conspiracy and waged war against the government by carrying outterrorist and secessionist activities" in the region.

The agency asserted that various Hurriyat leaders,terrorists, and stone-pelters carried out terrorist attacks, orchestrated violence, pelted stones and carried out other subversive and secessionistactivities in the region.

It was the part of a "well-planned criminal conspiracy hatched with the active support, connivance and funding from Pakistani agencies and terrorist organisations to achieve their nefarious objective of securing secession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir from India," the agency revealed.

Besides Malik, the NIA has named founder and president ofJammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) Shabir Ahmed Shah, chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League Party Masarat Alam, founder and self-styledchief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) Syeda Aasiya Andrabi and ex-legislator andchairman of Awami Ittehad Party of Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Rashid Sheikh.Theinvestigation by the agency revealed that the five accused had hatched aconspiracy to "cripple the administrative machinery and create disaffectiontowards the administration".

The NIA claimed that various incriminating chats and emailswere recovered from the email accounts of Yasin Malik and Shabir Shah whereinthe "description of receipt of funds from Pakistan and various othercountries" were revealed."

It has also been found that Yasin Malik has been gettingfunds from foreign countries through hawala channels for causing unrest and insurgencyin Kashmir," it stated.

The agency claimed to have gathered evidence against MasaratAlam. It said investigations had established the nexus of Asiya Andrabi withdifferent militant and terrorist organisations and with hawala conduit ZahoorWatali.The case dates back to May 2017 when the NIA registered an FIR inconnection with the case.

The chargesheet was filed by the agency eight months lateragainst 12 accused, including chiefs of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and HizbulMujahideen - Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Syed Salahuddin, respectively.The agencyfiled its first supplementary charge sheet in January earlier this year againstone person who was the conduit for financial transactions by the separatists."Duringthe investigation, there was the recovery of various SMSs, Chats, Emails,WhatsApp, and videos clearly indicating the nexus between the alreadycharge-sheeted accused and the above five accused persons.

In the videos they are seen, exhorting general public forillegal acts, sympathizing with the militants and seeking direct support fromPakistan," the statement said.