Terror funding probe: Agencies zero-in on 30 properties in J&K owned by 8 separatists for seizure
Bharti Jain | TNN | Mar 27, 2019, 14:02 IST
One of the properties identified for seizureNEW DELHI: Cracking the whip on terror financing involving Kashmiri separatist leaders, NIA and ED have identified around 30 properties across Srinagar, Budgam, Kupwara and Jammu belonging to eight separatists arrested earlier in J&K terror funding case, for seizure.
Significantly, the house of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in Islamabad, Pakistan, too figures in the list of properties linked to terror funding in Kashmir.
Other separatists and alleged terror financiers whose properties are under the scanner include Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Nayeem Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Funtoosh, Aftab Ahmad Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate, Mohd Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Karwal and Bashir Ahmed Bhat alias Peer Saifullah. All of them have been chargesheeted by NIA in the J&K terror funding case.
The said properties include sprawling residential houses, agricultural land, apartment blocks, an apple orchard, plywood mills, a nursing home and a poplar nursery.
Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali has the largest number of properties either in his name or that of his sons and wife, identified for seizure over terror funding linkages. These include a house in Srinagar, measuring 18 marlas and owned by Watali’s son Yavar Shah & his wife Ozma; raw, undeveloped land in Trison City, Narbal measuring 117 kanal & 3.5 marlas; three houses on Srinagar bypass road; a one-storey house in Handwara; sold residential plot in Nagrota; separate apartment blocks in Jammu owned by his son Yasin Ahmed Shah and jointly owned by Zahoor and his wife Sarwar Begum; 12 semi-furnished flats in Trison City, Budgam; nursing home in Budgam; plywood mill in Handwara (already seized by NIA); apple orchard in Handwara spread over 8-9 kanal; poplar nursery in Handwara; and a plywood mill in Parimpora, Srinagar.
Other properties under the scanner in the J&K terror funding case are a two-storey house owned by Aftab Ahmad Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam in Sadar, Srinagar that is an evacuee property; a two-storey house owned by accused Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Funtoosh in Bemina, Srinagar; a two-storey house allegedly owned by accused Nayeem Ahmad Khan’s wife in Srinagar; a two-storey house owned by accused Farooq Ahmad Dar’s mother-in-law Gulam Fatima in Nageen, Srinagar; a two-storey house owned by accused Mohammad Akbar Khanday in Parimpora, Srinagar and an alleged property of 12 kanals in Malora, Srinagar; a two-storey house owned by accused Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal’s wife in Nowgam,Srinagar; and Bashir Ahmad Bhat alias Peer Saifullah’s wife’s two-storey house in Rawalpora, Srinagar.
Individuals identified during investigation of terror funding case, including Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen boss Syed Salahuddin, have been found to be providing money to all major terrorist groups like LeT and Hizbul Mujahideen as also Hurriyat leaders, separatists and stone-pelters in J&K.
Funds have been provided to the leadership of Valley-based terrorist groups for providing the means for misguiding, motivating and recruiting local youth to terrorist ranks including from madrasas and mosques financed from such funds. In addition, operational activities of terror groups are also being financed including attacks on security force personnel, camps and convoys.
Significantly, the house of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in Islamabad, Pakistan, too figures in the list of properties linked to terror funding in Kashmir.
Other separatists and alleged terror financiers whose properties are under the scanner include Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Nayeem Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Funtoosh, Aftab Ahmad Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate, Mohd Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Karwal and Bashir Ahmed Bhat alias Peer Saifullah. All of them have been chargesheeted by NIA in the J&K terror funding case.
The said properties include sprawling residential houses, agricultural land, apartment blocks, an apple orchard, plywood mills, a nursing home and a poplar nursery.
Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali has the largest number of properties either in his name or that of his sons and wife, identified for seizure over terror funding linkages. These include a house in Srinagar, measuring 18 marlas and owned by Watali’s son Yavar Shah & his wife Ozma; raw, undeveloped land in Trison City, Narbal measuring 117 kanal & 3.5 marlas; three houses on Srinagar bypass road; a one-storey house in Handwara; sold residential plot in Nagrota; separate apartment blocks in Jammu owned by his son Yasin Ahmed Shah and jointly owned by Zahoor and his wife Sarwar Begum; 12 semi-furnished flats in Trison City, Budgam; nursing home in Budgam; plywood mill in Handwara (already seized by NIA); apple orchard in Handwara spread over 8-9 kanal; poplar nursery in Handwara; and a plywood mill in Parimpora, Srinagar.
Other properties under the scanner in the J&K terror funding case are a two-storey house owned by Aftab Ahmad Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam in Sadar, Srinagar that is an evacuee property; a two-storey house owned by accused Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Funtoosh in Bemina, Srinagar; a two-storey house allegedly owned by accused Nayeem Ahmad Khan’s wife in Srinagar; a two-storey house owned by accused Farooq Ahmad Dar’s mother-in-law Gulam Fatima in Nageen, Srinagar; a two-storey house owned by accused Mohammad Akbar Khanday in Parimpora, Srinagar and an alleged property of 12 kanals in Malora, Srinagar; a two-storey house owned by accused Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal’s wife in Nowgam,Srinagar; and Bashir Ahmad Bhat alias Peer Saifullah’s wife’s two-storey house in Rawalpora, Srinagar.
Individuals identified during investigation of terror funding case, including Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen boss Syed Salahuddin, have been found to be providing money to all major terrorist groups like LeT and Hizbul Mujahideen as also Hurriyat leaders, separatists and stone-pelters in J&K.
Funds have been provided to the leadership of Valley-based terrorist groups for providing the means for misguiding, motivating and recruiting local youth to terrorist ranks including from madrasas and mosques financed from such funds. In addition, operational activities of terror groups are also being financed including attacks on security force personnel, camps and convoys.
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