J&Ok terror-funding case: In a case associated to the gathering of funds by Maulvi Sarjan Barkati, the face of “anti-national” protests in 2016, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out raids at eight locations on Saturday.
Earlier this 12 months, a case was registered towards Barkati by the SIA, a subsidiary of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, to probe the gathering of funds in addition to his “anti-national” speeches.
According to the officers, it’s alleged that greater than Rs 1.5 crore have been generated via crowdfunding and from suspected terror sources, and utilised for private advantages, profiteering and in furtherance of secessionist-terrorist campaigns.
What’s the case towards Maulvi Sarjan Barkati?
In 2016, Barkati, a resident of Zainpora in Shopian, grew to become infamous for mobilising hundreds of individuals onto the streets for a violent agitation via his incendiary oratory. It is alleged that Barkati used to brazenly invite and incite children to take to violence and pull down the Indian State in Jammu and Kashmir.
Barkati and others are alleged to have made an enormous amount of cash by making emotional appeals to the general public to help them for his or her day-to-day wants. Under this garb, Barkati not solely generated enormous funds however prima facie, additionally laundered cash coming from unidentified sources, suspected to have originated from terror outfits, for additional use in sustaining the secessionist-terrorist campaigns, the officers mentioned.
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SIA zeroed in 10 suspects thus far
The SIA has thus far recognized 10 suspects whose involvement has surfaced in the preliminary investigation. The early morning raids unfold over many districts of Kashmir are nonetheless underway. With the seizures of digital devices, incriminating materials and different corroborative proof, the SIA is hopeful that the searches would allow it to extract some very important leads, together with on whether or not these funds had something to do with terror and Hurriyat funds.
Preliminary investigations have proven Barkati has diverted a considerable a part of the funds for his private advantages and bought a chunk of land price Rs 45 lakh in Anantnag city in the identify of his spouse, which he subsequently bought for Rs 72 lakh, making a revenue of Rs 27 lakh, and additionally constructed a palatial home utilizing public cash.
(With PTI inputs)
