J&K terror funding case: NIA Court frames charges against Yasin Malik, Hafiz Saeed and others

They will be charged under various sections of the UAPA in a case pertaining to terrorist and secessionist activities that disturbed J&K

PGurus Newsdesk

March 19, 2022

They will be charged under various sections of the UAPA in a case pertaining to terrorist and secessionist activities that disturbed J

LeT’s Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin, Yasin Malik, others charged under UAPA

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has ordered framing of charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin along with Kashmiri separatist leaders Yasin Malik, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, among others.

They will be charged under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in a case pertaining to terrorist and secessionist activities that disturbed Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), various terrorist organizations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) with the support of ISI of Pakistan, perpetrated violence in the valley by attacking civilians and security forces.

NIA Court noted, “Money for terror funding was sent from and by Pakistan and its agencies, and even the diplomatic mission was used to fulfill the evil design. Money for terror funding was also sent by proclaimed international terrorists and accused Hafiz Saeed.”

The Court also ordered framing of charges against Kashmiri politician and former MLA Rashid Engineer, businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Bitta Karate, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Avatar Ahmad Shah, Naeem Khan, Bashir Ahmed Bhat, alias Peer Saifullah and several others under various sections of Indian Penal Code and UAPA including criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, unlawful activities, etc.

NIA special Judge Praveen Singh in an order passed on March 16 said, “The above analysis reflects that the statements of witnesses and documentary evidence have connected almost all the accused with each other and to a common object of secession, to the commonality of means they were to use, their close association to terrorist/ terrorist organizations under the guiding hand and funding of Pakistani establishment”.

Accordingly, the present case was registered by NIA for offences under sections 120B, 121, 121A of IPC and sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 38, 39, and 40 of UAPA.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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