Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir police today said that in a joint operation with the Army, a Lashkar-e-Taiba module was busted in Jammu that was involved in “terror funding” and cash worth Rs 1.5 lakh rupees was recovered from a person who was supposed to deliver it to Lashkar militants and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) operating in Jammu region.
A police spokesman in a statement issued here said that the person arrested by the police had concealed the Hawala money in a tiffin box. “On the basis of information received from reliable sources, a special operations group of police, Jammu and Army busted a terror funding module of the Lashkar-e-Toiba,” the spokesman said.
He said that initial information revealed that banned organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had activated a module of its members for carrying out militant activities in J&K, particularly in the Jammu region and in furtherance to it, delivery of funds was to take place in Jammu.
“Acting on the information, a team of SOG Jammu and the Army apprehended one Mubashir Bhat S/O Farooq Ahmed Bhat R/O Sazan, Doda who is a part of the same module and had been tasked by the handlers from across to visit Jammu and collect a consignment of Hawla money for further use by the militants and their supporters,” the police statement read.
It said that during a bag containing 1.5 lakh rupees was recovered, with the tiffin box containing cash. “Initial questioning revealed that the money was sent by Haroon; self-styled commander of LeT from Pakistan to be delivered to the militants through their over ground workers in Doda district of Jammu,” the statement said.
A case has been registered in Peer Mitha Police Station under sections 17, 18, 20, 21, 38 and 40 of UAP Act (1967) and further investigation of the case is going on to unearth its linkages, modus operandi, etc, the statement further read.
-ARK
