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By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha, New Delhi : Prominent Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, known to be close to Hurriyat leaders, used to show foreign remittances under "other income" in his proprietorship firm and pass on the funds to the separatists to fuel anti-India agenda in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the NIA. "The secessionists depend heavily on the hawala network and conduits to bring money from offshore locations to India to fuel anti-India activities in Jammu and Kashmir," said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet which describes Watali as one...