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| LeT, Hizbul operatives sell drugs to fund terror in J&K | | Handwara narco-terrorism case | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 28: Procuring and selling narcotics to generate money to fund terrorist activities is a part of deep rooted conspiracy hatched by terror outfits LeT and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operatives to keep the pot boiling in J&K.
According to the sources the arrest of seven accused in the Handwara narco-terrorism case has led to the disclosure of many details.
Sources said the investigations carried out by National Investigation Agency have established that the seven charge-sheeted accused were part of a deep-rooted conspiracy for procuring and selling narcotics drugs and generating funds in J&K and other parts of India in close association with operatives of banned terrorist outfits, Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), based across the border in Pakistan.
“The funds so generated were pumped for the furtherance of terrorist activity in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir through a network of overground workers ( OGWs),” sources added.
The information came during questioning of Showkat Salam Parray, Asif Gul, Altaf Ahmed Shah, Romesh Kumar, Mudasir Ahmed Dar, Amin Allai and Abdul Rashid– all residents of J&K. Presently, the arrested accused are in jail.
The NIA filed the charge sheet in NIA Special Court, Jammu. The arrested accused have been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985; section 120B of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 17, 38 and 40 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The Handwara narcotics case was registered after accused Abdul Momin Peer was intercepted by the Police Naka party while checking his car at Kairo Bridge, Handwara, when he was coming from Baramullah.
During the search of the vehicle, cash amounting to Rs 20.01 lakh and 2 kg of Heroin was recovered and seized.
Further, the interrogation of Abdul Momin Peer led to the recovery of 15 kg of Heroin and cash amounting to Rs 1.15 crores. NIA had re-registered the case on June 26 last year and taken over the investigation.
NIA had earlier filed charge sheet against six accused persons on December 5 last year in this case. |
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