The Delhi High Court on June 8 denied the bail plea of Kashmir-based businessman—Zahoor Watali for his alleged involvement in a terror-funding case and links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ‘chief’ Hafiz Saeed, reports The Times of India. The case was not ‘ripe’ for granting the bail, said District Judge Poonam A. Bamba. Watali was arrested on August 17, 2017 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and currently in judicial custody. The source of terror-funds received by the accused [Watali] was not satisfactorily explained by him. If released on bail, he might hamper the probe and flee from justice, read the plea opposing the bail filed by the NIA. The NIA has charged Pakistan-based terrorists Saeed and Salahuddin, besides 10 others, with criminal conspiracy, sedition and various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UA(P)A]. Besides Saeed, Salahuddin and Watali, the NIA has named hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Shah aka Altaf Fantoosh and Bashir Ahmad Bhat in the charge sheet.