Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 4: Police in Srinagar today attached properties worth more than Rs 3 crores belonging to two drug peddlers under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Batamaloo and Natipora.
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Authorities said that a three-storeyed residential house belonging to a drug peddler, Abdul Ahad Bhat, son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat, a resident of Banpora Batamaloo, located on land bearing Khewat No.137 and Khasra No.294 (Abadi Deh) at Banpora Batamaloo, is valued at Rs 65 lakhs.
“The accused person is a notorious drug peddler who sold drugs among the youth upon which case FIR No.31/2024 u/s 8/20 NDPS Act was registered in Police Station Shaheed Gunj, where a substantial amount of narcotics was recovered,” police said.
In another case, authorities said, a three-storeyed residential house situated at H.No.18, Umer Lane Azad Basti, under Survey No.1764, estimated to be worth Rs 2.5 crores and belonging to Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, father of Jan Manzoor Bhat, a resident of Natipora, was attached under Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act.
The accused, Jan Manzoor Bhat, police said, is also a drug peddler who distributed narcotics among the youth in the area, leading to the registration of FIR No.35/2024 U/S 8/21 NDPS Act in Police Station Chanapora.
“Both the aforementioned properties were acquired through proceeds of illegal narcotics trade. Consequently, these have been attached subject to the confirmation from the competent authority and administrator SAFEMA and NDPSA,” police said.
Police clarified that in compliance with Section 68(E) and 68(F) of the NDPS Act, the immovable property acquired by the accused persons through illegal means, seized or attached, “shall not be transferred/sold/ purchased or otherwise dealt with without the prior permission of the competent authority.”
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