13 persons identified by NIA, ED: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it has initiated the process to seize properties belonging to terror financiers.
So far 13 persons and their properties have been identified by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a senior official said. Ongoing investigations over the past two years have determined and quantified assets valued at more than ₹7 crore as proceeds of terror-funding crimes, the official said.
Used by separatists
The official said funds obtained through these channels were being used by major secessionist outfits, particularly the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC).
“These funds are used for maintaining top APHC leadership and also the massive propaganda machinery being used to arouse disaffection among the people of J&K against the Government of India. It is also being utilised to sustain the spreading of false information through media contacts, newspapers and social media,” the official said.
The official said Zahoor Watali, a Kashmiri businessman arrested in 2017 by the NIA, was the main conduit for channelling terror finances in India. A plush bungalow owned by Watali in Gurugram was attached by the ED earlier this month. The official said the property was purchased using funds provided by Pakistan’s ISI and the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) Hafiz Saeed.
“Documents seized by the ED clearly indicate that he has been receiving money from Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin, ISI and the Pakistan High Commission at New Delhi directly,” he said.
“Apart from Watali, another 10 top leaders have also been brought into the dragnet of terror funding and multi-agency surgical strikes on terror funding have been launched against them in a concerted manner,” the official said.
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