NIA attaches 8 properties of two Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in Jammu and Kashmir

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said that the agency attached eight properties of two key Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives in a 2018 case relating to the orchestrating the release of a terrorist through a fatal attack on a police party at a Srinagar hospital, reported the ANI.

According to the news agency, of the eight properties, five belong to the accused Mohd Shafi Wani and three belong to Mohd Tikka Khan-- both residents of Singoo Narbal in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.

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These properties have been attached under Section 33 (1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in pursuance of the recent Orders of the NIA Special Court, Jammu-- a move going full throttle against terrorist organisations and operatives operating in Kashmir, the agency said, as per the ANI.

The attached immovable properties of Wani and Khan, both identified as overground workers of LeT, include various plots of land. The residential house of Shafi has also been attached, the NIA said.

The two accused were arrested from their Pulwama homes on February 8, 2018, and were found to be in possession of weapons. They were charge-sheeted on August 3, 2018, and are currently facing trial under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Arms Act 1959 and sections Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.

The case involved the killing of two personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police during firing on a police party escorting LeT terrorist Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hanzla to Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital Srinagar (SMHS) Hospital, Srinagar, for a medical examination on February 6, 2018.

Jatt, a terrorist of Pakistani origin escaped after the two accused attacked the police escort on orders from their Pakistan-based LeT Commanders. Jatt got killed in an encounter with the security forces later in 2018.

Meanwhile, in an another case, the charge sheet filed recently by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) against seven members of a Pune ISIS module suggests that the group was involved in planning attacks on non-Muslims and had discussed various methods to eliminate them. According to the document, the accused aimed to establish Sharia law in the country by indoctrinating Muslim youth.

(with ANI inputs)