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The case concerns a plot to carry out violent militant action in the Kashmir valley and in other significant Indian cities, including Delhi.
The National Investigation Agency on Monday i.e. March 20, filed chargesheet against one overground worker namely, Md. Rafi Najar, member of the proscribed terrorist organization "Hizbul Mujahideen" in the Jammu and Kashmir terrorism conspiracy case.
The accused Najar has been chargesheeted under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The case relates to a plot that was hatched by banned terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toida (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), as well as those groups' front organizations like the Resistance Front (TRF), People's Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), and others, and their Over Ground Workers operating in Jammu and Kashmir, to carry out violent militant action in the Kashmir valley and in other significant Indian cities, including Delhi.
“Investigations in the case had earlier established the connections of Commanders of these proscribed organizations based in Pakistan with their operatives in Kashmir valley to recruit and train the youth in the handling of arms and explosives”, the NIA press release stated.
It added, “They had floated a lot of propaganda material in cyberspace to talent-spot and recruit these individuals who then function as Sleeper cells and cause terrorist incidents, including targeted killings, acting in small groups or lone wolf actors. 26 persons have been earlier chargesheeted in the case, which include Pakistan-based ‘listed individual terrorists’ Bashir Ahmed Peer @ Imtiyaz Alam and Imitiyaz Kundoo@ Fayaz Sopore. NIA has also attached the property of Bashir Ahmed Peer on 4th March 2023 under Section 51A of the UA(P)Act.”
During the investigation, NIA identified and arrested the accused Md. Rafi Najar, a close associate of "designated terrorist" Imityaz Kundoo@ Fayaz Sopore (a dealer in handicrafts who was based out of Pokhra, Nepal). He was found to be “channelizing funds for proscribed terrorist organizations” in the garb of legitimate trade of Kashmiri handicrafts.
The investigations further revealed that the profits accured from the sale of the handicrafts were then sent to Kashmir valley through “Hawala channels” and distributed amongst the terrorists operating in the valley through another chargesheeted overground worker.
Statue: The Indian Penal Code; The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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