Terror financing: ED files charge sheet against Hizbul terrorists in Kashmir

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has filed a money laundering charge sheet in a terror financing case in Kashmir and named some Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in the complaint.

The federal agency said in a statement that the prosecution complaint (chargesheet) was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Srinagar on January 25.

The accused named in it include Mudasir Ahmed Sheikh, Mushtaq Ahmed Kambe and Mohammad Iqbal Khan, it said.

The statement said the court has taken cognizance of the chargesheet and issued notice to the accused for initiation of trial.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) money laundering case stems from a July 2015 FIR filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police (Kulgam district) against Mudasir Ahmed Shaikh, Mushtaq Ahmed Kambe, Mohd. Iqbal Khan, Mohd. Abbas Shaikh and Tausif Ahmed Shaikh.

The FIR was registered under the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

Abbas Shaikh and Tausif Ahmed Shaikh were killed in an encounter with security forces.

The accused were “raising funds for terrorist activities in the Kashmir Valley on the instructions of the terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen and, thus, earning huge proceeds of crime”.

It said that a part of the proceeds of crime made by the accused was found in the form of 33 gold coins and Rs 17.50 lakh in cash, which were to be used in terrorist activities.

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