India, July 7 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara in connection with the alleged funding of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) proxy, the Resistance Front (TRF), people familiar with the matter said.

The TRF claimed responsibility for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, but later tried to disassociate itself from the ghastly killings as global condemnation mounted. Probe agencies have said the TRF is a name Pakistan uses for LeT, a UN-designated terrorist, to avoid international sanctions.

An official said Shafat Maqbool Wani, the Handwara resident, was arrested last week under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). NIA's Jammu unit, which is investigatin...