NIA cracks down on banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami terror funding case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 16 locations in Kashmir on Thursday as part of its crackdown on the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in a terror funding case. The searches were conducted at the premises of JeI members and supporters at 16 locations — 11 in the Baramulla district of north Kashmir and five in the Kishtwar district of Jammu region — a spokesperson of NIA said.
The official said several incriminating materials and digital devices were seized during the searches and were being examined for more clues in the case. “JeI has been found carrying out terror funding activities in Jammu and Kashmir, even after being declared an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on February 28, 2019,” the spokesperson said.
The NIA filed a charge sheet in a special court in New Delhi on May 12 last year against four accused after registering a suo motu case of terror funding against the outfit on February 5, 2021. The spokesperson said previous investigations by the NIA had revealed that one of the four arrested accused, Javaid Ahmad Lone, had been soliciting funds and organizing meetings in the name of JeI.
“He had been delivering hateful anti-India speeches and exhorting people to make donations at these meetings. Along with Aadil Ahmad Lone, he had acquired firearms and ammunition with ulterior motives from the other two accused, identified as Manzoor Ahmad Dar and Rameez Ahmad Kondu,” the spokesperson said.
In February 2019, the Centre banned JeI for five years under anti-terror laws on grounds that it was “in close touch” with militant outfits and was expected to “escalate secessionist movement” in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Hundreds of JeI activists were arrested in a major crackdown across Jammu and Kashmir following the ban, which came just months ahead of the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state and its bifurcation into Union territories in August 2019.
The spokesperson said the investigations so far have revealed that JeI (J&K) members had been collecting funds domestically and from abroad through donations, particularly in the form of zakat, mowda, and bait-ul-mal, as well as for purported charitable purposes such as the promotion of education and health.
“The funds were, instead, being used for violent and secessionist activities in J&K. They were also being channelled to proscribed terrorist organizations such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and others through well-organized networks of JeI cadres,” the spokesperson said.
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