Terror-Funding Case: J&K SIA Conducts Searches At Multiple Locations In Kashmir | India News

Srinagar: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out raids at eight locations on Saturday in a case associated to assortment of funds by Maulvi Sarjan Barkati, the face of “anti-national” protests in 2016, and utilizing the identical for private features, officers stated. Barkati is ill-famous for mobilising hundreds onto streets throughout the 2016 violent agitation, by his incendiary oratory. Known because the pied piper, Sarjan Barkati used to overtly invite and incite youth to take to violence and pull down the Indian state in J&Okay. SIA has registered a case FIR No 02/23 associated to Crowd funding in opposition to Sarjan Barkati and others wherein he has raised enormous funds amounting to greater than 1.5 Crore, along with his household making emotional appeals to the general public to help them for day-to-day wants. 

Under this garb, he not solely generated enormous funds, however prima facia additionally laundered cash coming from unknown sources suspected to have originated from terror outfits for additional use in sustaining the secessionist-terrorist marketing campaign.

So far SIA has recognized 10 suspects whose involvement has surfaced within the preliminary investigation. The early morning raids unfold over many districts of Kashmir are underway.

Each search is backed by search warrants issued by a reliable court docket, Magistrates, native police help, girl police staff, spotters, and transport help by the Security wing of J&Okay police.

With the seizures of digital devices, incriminating materials and different corroborative proof throughout these searches, SIA is hopeful that the searches would allow it to extract some important proof as to who all have contributed to the Sarjan Barkati fund, what was the supply of such cash, how a lot of it was from legit earnings and the way a lot from unaccountable sources, whether or not such sources had something to do with terror and Hurriyat funds.

Preliminary investigations have proven Sarjan Barkati has diverted a considerable a part of the funds for his private profit and bought a chunk of land value ₹45 Lakhs in Anantnag city within the title of his spouse which he offered for ₹72 Lakhs, making a revenue of ₹27 Lakhs, and has additionally constructed a palatial home utilizing public cash.

He has additionally bought 5 Kanals of land to determine a Madrassa which as per credible data is supposed for making a living and offering a platform to anti-national parts and aimed to be a breeding floor for luring youth in the direction of terrorism. 

A big chunk of such ill-gotten cash has been deposited in a number of FDRs within the title of his relations. Not solely has the accused breached the general public belief with emotional blackmail by constructing a private fortune on the gang funds donated to him by the general public for every day sustenance, however he additionally as properly camouflaged cash coming from suspects sources below the garb of crowdfunding for the furtherance of secessionist-terrorists marketing campaign.