Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Apr 24: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today attached a house and two kanals of land belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen chief Salahudin’s sons in Kashmir.
A team of NIA officials first attached a house in Ram Bagh area here registered in the name of Syed Ahmed Shakeel, son of designated terrorist Salahudin.
“The house, registered in the revenue records in the name of Syed Ahmad Shakeel, was attached by the NIA on court orders under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,” an NIA official said.
Later, the team went to Soibugh in Budgam district, the ancestral place of Salahudin and attached a plot of agricultural land measuring two kanals (10,880 square feet).
The land is registered in the name of Salahudin’s another son, Shahid Yusuf.
Notice boards announcing the attachments were installed at both the premises by the NIA sleuths.
Besides, the NIA also seized six shops in Awantipora area of Pulwama district in a case relating to a 2018 attack on CRPF Group Centre at Lethpora, J&K.
The NIA said in a statement that it attached two properties of the sons of designated terrorist Mohammed Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahudin, the self-styled Supreme Commander of Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Chairman of United Jihad Council (UJC).
“The immovable properties of Shahid Yusuf and Syed Ahmed Shakeel, located in Kashmir – in Soibugh Tehsil, District Budgam and Nursing Garh, Mohalla Ram Bagh, have been attached under Section 33(1) of UA(P) Act,” the NIA said.
Both Shahid Yusuf and Syed Ahmed Shakeel are lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since their arrests in October 2017 and August 2018. They were charge sheeted on April 20, 2018 and November 20, 2018, respectively.
Salahudin, who had fled to Pakistan in 1993, was designated as an individual terrorist by India in October 2020. He continues to operate from Pakistan and heads Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC).
The NIA launched investigations in November 2011 into the criminal conspiracy to raise/collect/provide funds to commit terrorist acts and distribute funds among the militant groups and their sympathizers in J&K.
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