The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 8 questioned All Parties Hurriyat Conference-Mirwaiz (APHC-M) chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for nearly eight hours in connection with a case related to funding of terror groups and separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. He was asked to appear before the agency again on April 9, the officials said, adding Naseem Geelani, son of separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was also summoned on April 9. After avoiding the first two summons, the Mirwaiz finally appeared before the NIA after he was assured of being provided security upon his arrival in the national capital (New Delhi). The Mirwaiz was accompanied by other separatist leaders, including Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone and Maulana Abbas Ansari.