In a handout, NIA mentioned that it’s going full-steam with its efforts to destroy the fear community in Jammu and Kashmir (J&Ok). The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has connected as many as seven immovable properties of a prime terrorist belonging to the banned Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group.
In response to a spokesman, the Terrorist Sartaj Ahmed Mantoo’s properties, together with land measuring 19 Marlas & 84 Sq ft at Kisarigam in Pulwama district of Kashmir, have been connected on Wednesday beneath Part 33 (1) of UA (P) Act, 1967, on the orders of NIA Particular Courtroom, Jammu.
Sartaj was arrested on 31st January 2020, and several other arms, ammunitions & explosives have been recovered from his possession. He was charge-sheeted on 27th July 2020 and is presently dealing with trial beneath related sections of Arms Act, IPC, Explosive Substances Act, UA (P) Act and Indian Wi-fi Telegraphy Act, 1933, he mentioned.
Alongside together with his 5 co-accused members of JeM, he was concerned in transporting freshly infiltrated terrorists to the Kashmir valley. Three terrorists have been killed, and arms, ammunition and explosives have been additionally seized within the case (RC-02/2020/NIA/JMU), associated to a conspiracy to unleash terror assaults on safety forces / equipment as a part of an anti-India agenda, he mentioned.
Since its formation in 2000 by Maulana Masood Azhar, JeM has carried out a number of terrorist assaults in India together with J&Ok. JeM was enlisted as a “Designated Overseas Terrorist Group” by the United Nations Safety council Decision (UNSC) 1267 and the group’s chief Maulana Masood Azhar was designated as “International Terrorist” in 2019 by the united states, he mentioned.
NIA had, only a week in the past, connected six immovable properties of one other prime terrorist of JeM in Kashmir as a part of its crackdown on terror operatives in J&Ok, reads the assertion.
