NIA files charge sheet against 10 in Hizbul Mujahideen narco-terror case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday (October 20) filed 14000 pages cost sheet in opposition to ten (10) individuals in NIA Special Court at Mohali, Punjab, in reference to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) Narco-terror case.
The chargesheet has been filed u/s 120B, 419, 471, 489C of IPC, sections 8, 21, 23, 12 24, 25, 27, 27A, 29 & 31 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, sections 17, 18, 20, 38 and 40 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and part 12(1)(b) of Indian Passports Act in opposition to the next individuals:
1. Hilal Ahmed Shergojri, 35 years, r/o dist- Pulwama (J&Ok) (Arrested)
2. Bikram Singh, 27 years r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested)
3. Maninder Singh, 22 years, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested)
4. Ranjit Singh, 42 years, r/o dist- Gurdaspur (Arrested)
5. Jaswant Singh, 25 years r/o dist- Gurdaspur (Arrested)
6. Ranjit Singh, 41 years r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested)
7. Gagandeep Singh, 27 years r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested)
8. Iqbal Singh,24 years, r/o dist- Amritsar (Absconding)
9. Zafar Hussain Bhat, 52 years, r/o dist.- Anantnag (J&Ok), Presently in Pakistan (Absconding)
10. Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, r/o dist- Pulwama (J&Ok) (Killed)
The case pertains to the arrest of 1 Hilal Ahmed Shergojri and restoration of Rs 29 Lakh from his possession by Punjab Police on April 25 this 12 months. The NIA took up the investigation of the case on May Eight this 12 months.
During the NIA investigation, it emerged that accused Hilal, who had come to Amritsar to gather the quantity of Rs 29 Lakh, was a member of proscribed terrorist group Hizb-ul –Mujahideen (HM) and a detailed affiliate of Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, the then HM commander of Kashmir Valley, in keeping with an official assertion.
This led to busting of a serious Narco-terror module concerned in smuggling and promoting of Heroin in India and channelizing of drug-proceeds to Pakistan by way of hawala and to the HM terrorists primarily based in J&Ok.
The probe additionally unearthed the conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based HM commanders and their associates and terrorist gangs in Punjab to help and increase the phobia infrastructure of HM in India by elevating cash by way of drug smuggling/drug pedalling.
The investigation additionally revealed that the accused had acquired at the least six consignments of heroin by way of Attari Indo-Pakistan Border within the garb of importing Rock Salt granules from Pakistan.
Of these, cash proceeds of 5 consignments had been partly despatched again to Pakistan by way of hawala operators whereas a considerable portion was channelized to HM terrorists in Kashmir by way of a community of OGWs and different associates. In July 2019, sixth consignment of round 532 Kgs of heroin was seized at Attari Border and a separate case was registered, which was investigated and charge-sheeted by NIA, mentioned the official assertion.
The NIA carried out searches at 15 places belonging to the suspects and accused in Punjab, Haryana and J&Ok throughout investigation. So far, Rs 98.5 lakh, Eight autos and three Kgs of heroin have been seized from the accused and investments value many crores have been recognized.
During searches, incriminating paperwork associated to benami properties and digital devices together with cell phones, pen drives and laptops had been seized and forensically examined. Many incriminating chats between accused individuals have been recovered from the seized digital gadgets, the assertion added.
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