The National Investigation Agency (NIA) files a chargesheet against Shabir Ahmad Shah and five Hurriyat leaders in connection with 1996 violence in Srinagar. Multiple reports say the case relates to an incident involving mob violence and firing at police during a funeral procession in 1996. According to the NIA’s allegations, Hurriyat leaders orchestrate a pre-planned conspiracy that turns the funeral into an anti-India mobilisation. The agency’s account also includes claims that the accused incite violence and raise secessionist slogans during the procession, and that their actions amount to unlawful assembly linked to the criminal conspiracy. Times of India reports that the evidence collected is being used to establish the accused persons’ roles, and that the investigation into the 1996 incident continues. The Deccan Chronicle similarly describes the agency’s central allegation as a planned effort to convert the funeral event into a violent mobilisation, framing it as an organised conspiracy rather than a spontaneous outbreak of unrest.