SIA tightens grip over terror funding: Charge sheet filed against two Srinagar residents & Pakistan based handler for raising funds from Gulf countries

SIA tightens grip over terror funding: Charge sheet filed against two Srinagar residents & Pakistan based handler for raising funds from Gulf countries

Srinagar, Nov 06, KDC: The State Investigation Agency Kashmir successfully presented a charge sheet against three accused persons in a terror funding case registered in police Station CIK/SIA Kashmir. The accused individuals namely Danish Ahmad Koul and Faizan Ishtiyaq Kharadi both residents of Srinagar were found involved in raising funds from Saudi Arabia and Muscat Oman as part of a criminal conspiracy hatched with Pakistan based terror handler namely Mohammad Farooq Abdul Aziz. The funds raised were pumped to support terrorist activities in J&K.

After strenuous investigation, SIA Kashmir gathered vital evidences against the accused persons and filed the charge sheet after the allegations were established against them in case FIR No.09/2021 u/s 13,17,18,20,38,39 and 40 of UA(P)A of P/S CIK/SIA Kashmir and supplementary charge sheet was presented before the designated Court Srinagar. It is pertinent to mention here that the charge sheet against one more accused namely Hamaad Farooq Tramboo has already been presented before the court and he is presently facing trial, SIA said in a statement to news agency Kashmir Dot Com.

They said during the investigation conducted by SIA Kashmir it was established that funds raised from the foreign soil were subsequently laundered through banking channels/money exchange and further deposited in the bank accounts of the family members of killed/active terrorists for sustenance of terrorism/secessionism and for furthering unlawful terrorist activities in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. The money was chiefly channelized through the accounts of Hamaad Farooq Tramboo- a notorious OGW.

It is also in place to mention that the accused duo namely Danish Ahmad Koul and Faizan Ishtiyaq Kharadi were evading arrest for long and accordingly the SIA had opened Look Out Circulars (LOC) against them. Subsequently they were apprehended in the case and today the charge sheet was presented against them within the stipulated time, the statement said, adding that SIA Kashmir reiterates that its prosecution staff will vigorously follow the case before the Court to ensure that all the accused persons are brought to justice.

RR Swain who is now DG Police J&K is the brain behind formation of the State Investigation Agency (SIA) to crack down on terrorism. Swain has destroyed the network that was aiding and fuelling terrorism in Kashmir. (KDC)