Srinagar/New Delhi, June 3 : In a pre-dawn swoop, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday found Rs 1.5 crore cash at various places in the Kashmir Valley, as it raided 23 locations in the the state, Haryana and the national capital in connection with a case of alleged funding received by separatist groups for carrying out subversive activities in the Valley. After registering an FIR earlier this week, various NIA teams, which had been camping in the Valley for few days, moved under heavy escort from their camp office located at Humhama, on the outskirts of the Srinagar city. Among those raided by the NIA were Altaf Fantoosh, the son-in-law of hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, businessman Zahoor Watali, Shahid-ul-Islam, leader of Awami Action Committee led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, and some second rung separatist leaders belonging to both factions of the Hurriyat Conference and the JKLF. The agency seized nearly Rs 1.5 crore from various locations in the Kashmir Valley, besides documents that were being scrutinised, officials said.This is for the first time since militancy raised its ugly head in early 1990s that a central probe agency has carried out raids in connection with terror funding to separatists which has been used for carrying out subversive activities in the Valley.