NIA attaches APHC office at Rajbagh Srinagar in terrorist funding, activities case
The office building of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in Srinagar’s Rajbagh area has been attached by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the country’s anti-terror law. A team from NIA reached Srinagar today and Sealed the office of APHC.
The order was passed by a NIA court in New Delhi and under the ‘NIA vs Mohammad Hafiz Saeed and others’ case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). In its application, the NIA claimed that there is sufficient evidence against Naeem Khan – the accused Hurriyat leader – who “partly owns the property”.
The case registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code 120B, 121, 121A, and several sections of the UAPA, including 18, 20, 38, 39, and 40, against Hafiz, a Pakistan-based terrorist members of the APHC, proscribed terror organisations like Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and others for “funding of separatist and terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir”.
The order, issued by Shailender Malik, Additional Session Judge New Delhi, read that Khan, who was arrested on 24 July 2017, is alleged to have raised, received, and collected funds “domestically as well as abroad through various channels including Hawala for funding separatist and terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir”.
