A charge sheet was filed on Tuesday by The Enforcement Directorate(ED) before a Delhi court against Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and 11 others for allegedly laundering money for financing terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The agency said it took over the probe into the case and filed a charge sheet as it is related to a 2011 FIR of the NIA in which Mohammad Shafi Shah and his associates were alleged to be involved in execution of blasts in Jammu and Kashmir and a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from them.
The prosecution complaint, the ED’s equivalent to a charge sheet, has urged the court for confiscating attached assets totalling to Rs1.22 crore in the case, besides other punishment under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The case is likely to be taken up by the court soon.
The ED said its investigation found “that Hizbul Mujahideen- the most active terror outfit in Kashmir, has been responsible for funding terrorist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir headed by Syed Salahuddin- its self-styled commander based out of Rawal pindi in Pakistan”. The ED also said,“The funding of terrorism activities on Indian soil had been organised by a trust called JKART (Jammu & Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust) which was operating in connivance with the government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the ISI.”
The probe also found that the “funds were further distributed through hawala, human carriers and banking channels to the next of kin of active as well as dead Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists”,the agency said.
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