Neyaz Elahi
Srinagar (NVI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed chargesheet against 6 accused in Handwara narco-militancy related case in special court here in Jammu.
In a statement, NIA said that it today filed chargesheet against six accused in RC-03/2020/NIA/JMU under sections 8, 21, 25 and 29 of NDPS Act, 1985, section 120B of IPC and sections 17, 38 and 40 of UA(P) Act, 1967 in the NIA Special Court, Jammu.
The case pertains to seizure of 21 Kg Narcotics (Heroin) and Rs 1,35,89,850 cash from the accused persons in Handwara area of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the NIA statement, “The charge-sheeted accused are Abdul Momin Peer @Peerzada Momen, Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, Islam-ul-Haq Peer, Afaq Ahmad Wani, Saleem Andrabi and Muneer Ahmad Banday @Ishfaq, all residents of Handwara area.”
The statement further said that the case arose out of police station Handwara case no. 183/2020 dated 11.06.2020 wherein during checking of vehicles at Kairo Bridge, Handwara, accused Abdul Momin Peer’s Creta vehicle was intercepted by the Police Naka Party.
Later, the vehicle was searched and cash amount of Rs 20,01,000 and 2 Kg Heroin were seized. Abdul Momin Peer was arrested and following his disclosure, accused Syed Iftikar Andrabi, 50 years and Islam-Ul-Haq Peer, 20 years, were also arrested, NIA said.
It added that, the case was re-registered by NIA as RC-03/2020/NIA/DLI on 23.06.2020 and investigation was taken up and accused Afaq Ahmad Wani, who was on run, was arrested by NIA on 16.07.2020 on the basis of technical analysis.
The investigation also revealed that accused persons including Momin Peer and Saleem Andrabi were involved in cross-border smuggling and supply of Narcotic drug Heroin in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country after procuring the same from their associates based abroad including Pakistan.
While accused Iftikhar Andrabi and Abdul Momin Peer visited Pakistan several times during 2016-17 to meet the operatives of militant organisations Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen(HM).
However, the cash generated from the sale of Heroin was pumped by the accused to further the militant activities of Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT). Further investigation in the case is continued, the statement read.
-RJV
