Three National Investigation Agency officers who were probing terror funding in Kashmir have been transferred for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 2 crore from a businessman for granting him relief in the case.

The federal anti-terror agency is investigating a terror funding case involving Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Sayeed and his organisation Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF). The agency had alleged that funds were being sent to India via Dubai by the FIF to set up a terror network in the country, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.

“A complaint of misconduct was received against the three officers. An inquiry into the allegation is being conducted by a deputy inspector-general. The three officers have already been transferred out of the agency to ensure a fair probe,” said an NIA spokesperson.

The agency did not disclose the identities of the three officers but one of them is said to be an SP who was among those who probed the Samjhauta Express case. The others are an assistant sub-inspector and a fingerprint sleuth.

The NIA, which reports to the home ministry, had searched the premises of the Delhi-based businessman for allegedly handling slush funds sent from Pakistan via Dubai. The officers had allegedly demanded the bribe, initially Rs 5 crore, to go easy on the probe.

The agency had recently been given a whole range of powers.