Police forced me to issue statement: Anjum

Asked by the judge why she had admitted to having received the ‘‘nazrana’’ when she was produced before him on February 7, Habib said she had never used the word ‘‘nazrana’’ in court. On the admission part, Habib said, ‘‘I was pressurised to depose so since they (police) were taking me on ten days remand.’’

She prayed the court not to believe the allegations levelled by the police following which the judge reassured her that he would look into the matter at the right time.

Habib, who was arrested on February 6 allegedly while returning from the Pakistan High Commission, had in her statement before the court admitted that the money seized from her was given by the High Commission for Hurriyat chairman Abdul Ghani Bhat.

Meanwhile, former Hurriyat Conference spokesman Abdul Majid Bandey was questioned for the second time by Delhi police in connection with the alleged funding even as a special team has been constituted to probe the entire racket.

Bandey was quizzed for several hours yesterday by sleuths of Delhi police special cell and other agencies here for the second time, official sources said. Bandey was asked about the amount received from Hurriyat in Kashmir and its utilisation by the Delhi office here.