NGO Terror funding case: Amid ongoing complete investigations into the NGO Terror funding case registered in October 2020, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Monday, made the first arrest associated to the matter in Srinagar.
According to the knowledge, the accused has been recognized as Irfan Mehraj, a detailed affiliate of Khurram Parvez and was working together with his group, the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS).
Meanwhile, the investigation revealed that the JKCCS was funding terror actions in the valley and had additionally been in the propagation of secessionist agenda in the Valley underneath the garb of safety of human rights. According to stories, the involvement of some Valley-based NGOs, Trusts and Societies in the funding of terror-related actions can also be being probed in this case.
NGOs accused of getting terror hyperlinks
Some NGOs, each registered in addition to unregistered, have come to note gathering funds domestically and overseas underneath the guise of doing charity and numerous welfare actions, together with Public Health, Education and many others. However, it has come to gentle that a few of these organisations have developed hyperlinks with proscribed terrorist organizations, similar to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and many others.
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SIA raids at a number of places in J&Okay
On March 18, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out raids at eight locations in a case associated to the gathering of funds by Maulvi Sarjan Barkati, the face of “anti-national” protests in 2016.
Earlier this 12 months, a case was registered in opposition to 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.
(With inputs from PTI)
