Jammu Tawi, Feb. 10 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of Tihar jail authorities and the NIA on a plea by separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan against the withdrawal of call and "e-mulaqat" facilities in Tihar.

Justice Sachin Datta issued notice to the NIA and Tihar prison authorities for their responses.

Advocate Tara Narula, appearing for the petitioner, argued telephone facilities were "arbitrarily" withdrawn starting November 2023 under the pretext that National Investigation Agency (NIA) did not provide a no objection certificate.

Khan, arrested in July 2017, is in jail as an undertrial prisoner in a terror-funding case involving 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

The court questioned the NIA counsel over...