File photo of seized Jamaat property in south Kashmir’s Anantnag.
Srinagar- Continuing its crackdown against Jama’at-e-Islami, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday seized about a dozen properties of the now banned socio- religious group in the four districts of Kashmir Valley.
The properties in Ganderbal, Bandipora, Kupwara and Baramulla districts on the Valley worth Rs 100 crore approximately were barred with restrictions on usage and entry after being notified by the respective District Magistrates on the recommendation of SIA, a spokesperson said.
“These premises/ structures have been barred and entry and usage has been prohibited reads the notification. Besides Red entry to this effect has been made in the relevant revenue records”, he said.
The move, according to the spokesperson, is aimed to choke the availability of funds for secessionist activities and to “dismantle the eco-system of anti-national elements & terror networks hostile to India’s sovereignty”.
During the seizure proceedings, he said, it was found that about two dozen business establishments in the towns of Kupwara and Kangan are currently running from out these JeI properties on rent basis.
“After due diligence, it was decided that these would be allowed to continue so that private persons who may not have any connections with JeI and are only tenants paying rent to JeI are not penalised and their livelihood not impaired,” the spokesperson said.
Among the properties sealed on Saturday included land, Jama’at office in Kupwara, shops, and buildings. The assets, the spokesperson said are the third set of properties to be notified in a series of properties belonging to Jama’at in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The action would uproot the menace of terror funding to a great extent in UT of J&K besides being a stepping stone in ensuring rule of law & a society without fear,” the spokesperson said.
Pertinently, he said, the SIA has identified as many as 188 JeI properties across the UT of J&K which have either been notified or are under the process of being notified for further legal action.
These are as a result of investigation of case FIR number 17 of 2019 U/S 10, 11 & 13 of Police Station Batmaloo being investigated by SIA.
Land Of Lashkar Commander Attached In Doda
A report from Baderwah quoting police said authorities on Saturday attached the property of absconding Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abdul Rashid alias “Jehangir ” who is operating from across the Line of Control and making attempts to revive militancy..
The land measuring over four kanals at Khanpura village in Doda district’s Thathri was attached by a joint team of revenue and police officials under relevant sections of the CrPC on orders of the judicial magistrate, Senior Superintendent of Police, Doda, Abdul Qayoom said.
He said the police is in the process of initiating proceedings against other local militants who have exfiltrated to Pakistan and trying to lure youth through the virtual mode or social media to join militant activities and revive militancy in the district.
The SSP said Rashid went to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 1993 and returned after getting arms training with an intention to carry out subversive activities.
“After his infiltration from Pakistan, he remained active along with other dreaded and hardcore terrorists and was found involved in number of attacks on civilians and security forces besides incidents of arson and explosions in the district.”
“Apart from that, a number of local youths were instigated and recruited by him into militancy,” the officer said.
He said another militant commander Mohd Amin alias “Khubaib” of Thathri was initially motivated and recruited by Rashid.
“Amin is also at present operating from Pakistan and making desperate attempts to revive terrorism in the Chenab valley – Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts of Jammu region.”
“He masterminded a number of terror-related incidents, including IED blasts, drone dropping and smuggling of weapons in the recent past,” he said.
Both Rashid and Amin managed their ex-filtration to Pakistan over a decade back and have been declared as proclaimed offenders by the local court.
A number of FIRs are registered against them at various police stations in Doda and other districts of the Jammu region, the officer said.
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