Earlier in the day, NIA special court ordered attachment of immovable property belonging to absconding accused Ghulam Nabi Shah alias Dr Fai, a US-based Kashmiri separatist, in connection with FIR No. 46/2020 registered at Police Station Budgam under Sections 10, 13 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The attachment order was passed under Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code (corresponding to Section 85 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023) as the accused had already been declared a proclaimed offender by the competent court in May, 2025, after he failed to respond to a 30-day notice to appear before police.

Fai, who is founder of the Kashmiri American Council (KAC), has been accused under the UAPA since 2020 for allegedly lobbying on behalf of Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan.

Fai also confronted legal issues in the US, where he was arrested in 2011, after KAC was declared as a front for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by US authorities.

He was sentenced to two years in prison by a US court for conspiracy and tax violations. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion before being released in 2013.

Police said legal action against Fai is a message to all separatists, who are acting from foreign land that strict action will be taken against them under the law of the land.