Former Delhi Minorities Commission chairperson Zafarul Islam Khan, whose residence in Jamia Nagar in South Delhi was raided by the National Investigation Agency, in connection with a terror-funding case has denied any involvement with the Kashmiri separatist movement. He, however, insisted that he has always and will always oppose human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.
The agency had claimed that Khan’s NGO Charity Alliance was among the six about which information was received that they were collecting funds in the name of welfare activities but were diverting these through hawala and cash couriers for “secessionist and terrorist activities in J&K”.
Talking to The Wire about the raid, Khan said while the NIA seized all the laptops, computers, and documents belonging to him and his family members they did not tell him about the complaint and nor did they interrogate him.
Khan also expressed surprise that only a team of Republic TV reached as far as his residence, while the other media groups were held back, despite the road being blocked from both ends by the police during the raid. He claimed this made him believe that the raid came as part of the ruling dispensation’s larger design.
The former DMC chief also expressed apprehension that the raid could have been conducted by the BJP, which he perceived to be losing in Bihar polls, for political gains.
He also spoke about how the party had attacked him ever since he came out with first a preliminary report on the North East Delhi riots in early March and then a detailed report, prepared by a nine-member team, was presented in July this year. This report had accused Union home minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath of “fanning communal sentiments” ahead of the riots and accused the Delhi police of being “complicit” in the attacks.
Khan also attacked the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government for not placing the Delhi riots report or any other report of the DMC in Delhi Assembly despite the statute providing for this. He also charged that Delhi government officials, who were supposed to support the victims, were often found making fun of them or implicating them.

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