Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) today produced a charge-sheet against three militants of JeM and an equal number of their associates in the National Investigation Agency Court here.
The CIK presented charge sheet against a Pakistan handler Adbul Rehman alias Riyaz alias Umar and Jigar alias Ashfaq alias Luqman Ali son of Mohamad Bashir of village Momin Zafarwal, Narowal, Pakistan, of JeM outfit along with his three associates in Kashmir – Junaid-ul-Islam son of Ghulam Nabi Dar of Sail Awantipora in Pulwama, Sheikh Najmu Saqib son of Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh of Ganastan Sumbal Bandipora and Waseem Ferooz Sheikh son of Ferooz Ahmad Sheikh of Karimaabad Pulwama.
Charge sheet has been also produced against the two juveniles before the Court of Special Judge designated under NIA at Srinagar in case FIR No. 06/2023 U/S 153-A, 505,121 & 120-B IPC r/w 13 & 39 UA(P) Act of P/S CIK Srinagar.
As per details, the case FIR No. 06/2023 under relevant Sections of law was lodged at Police Station CI Kashmir following a credible input about Rehman and Jigar of JeM in connivance with their associates trying to carry out terror acts with a purpose of causing disturbance to the peace and tranquility prevailing in the UT of J&K with an ulterior motive of challenging the sovereignty and integrity of Union of India.
The statement issued by the CIK said that the investigation conducted has revealed that the Pakistani terrorist handler at the behest of ISI had created a module of OGWs and passing on directions to them via different covert encrypted messaging applications for luring youths to take up the arms against the sovereignty of India.
“The accused were primarily switching to encrypted internet messaging platforms and other social media applications to stay in touch with each other, receive instructions from handlers across the border and the same was aimed at to radicalize and lure innocent youths towards terrorism, use them as couriers of arms and ammunition and psychotropic substances and recruit more and more youth in terrorist ranks, carry out terrorist acts in the length and breadth of valley with an end objective to disturb the peace,” read the statement.
The charge sheet further revealed that all is done by misusing social media while maintaining secrecy with anonymity and the handler sitting in Pakistan with other accused persons were continuously attempting to create new terror modules by a variety of methods including instigation, enticement and at times combined with implied coercion to act as logistics and terror agents with the intention to further terrorist and unlawful activities in J&K.
After the case was thoroughly investigated and prima-facie, the case has been proved against four accused persons under Sections 120-B IPC, 13, 38, 39 UA(P) Act including Rehman and Jigar against whom proceedings under Section 299 of Cr PC have been initiated.