Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 29: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested the 12th accused in Handwara narco militancy case.
A statement issued by the NIA said that they arrested Abdul Rauf Badan, 45 years, son of Mohammad Abdullah Badan of Amarohi, Karna in District Kupwara, for his involvement in case of supply of narcotics/ cash/ arms ammunition through LoC border of Amarohi, Tangdhar area by concealing the consignment in vegetable carrier vehicle.
“He is a key operator of the module of proscribed militant outfit LeT, which was working at the behest of Pakistani handlers. He was collecting the consignments of narcotics from Pakistani handlers in Tangdhar and other locations at LoC, J&K and further delivering them to the other co accused persons in the case,” the statement said.
It added that the case was initially registered as FIR number 183/2020 dated 11-06-2020 at Police Station Handwara, J&K and re-registered by NIA on 23-06-2020.
“Earlier, charge sheet has been submitted against 11 accused persons in the NIA Special Court, Jammu, in this case. Further investigations are in progress,” the statement said.
The arrested militants in the case are Showkat Salam Parray of Sumbal, Bandipora Asif Gul of Kanispora in Baramulla; Altaf Ahmed Shah, of Dangerpora in Ganderbal; Romesh Kumar of Vijaypur in Samba; Mudasir Ahmed Dar of Wanduna in Shopian; Amin Allai alias Hilal Mir of Sangam in Anantnag and Abdul Rashid of Amrohi in Kupwara.
The case was initially registered in Handwara Police Station as case FIR number 183/2020 dated June 11, 2020 wherein during checking of vehicles at Kairo Bridge, Handwara, accused Abdul Momin Peer was intercepted by a police party in his Hyundai Creta vehicle.
During search of the vehicle, cash amounting to Rs 20,01,000 and 2 kg heroin was recovered. Further interrogation had led to recovery of 15 kg heroin and cash amounting to Rs 1.15 crore.
NIA had re-registered the case on June 26, 2020 and had taken over the investigation.
“Investigation has established that the seven charge sheeted accused persons 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 LeT and HM, based across the border in Pakistan. The funds so generated were pumped for furtherance of militant activity in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir through a network of Over Ground Workers.
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