Srinagar| Feb, 27: Jammu and Kashmir Police Special Investigation Unit on Monday attached four houses for “willfully” providing “shelter” to militants in Srinagar district, Police said. The attachment was done in presence of Executive Magistrates and other witnesses in exercise of power conferred under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
In a tweet Kashmir Zone Police in a tweet said that SIU of Srinagar Police has attached 4 houses in Srinagar District for willfully providing shelter and harbouring militants for many days, Stating therein further that three houses are in Qamarwari one in Eidgah area and reminded therein that Case no 127/2022 of Parimpora PS has been already chargesheeted in NIA court on 02.12.2022 against 13 accused.
In Barthena the houses attached belonged to Shaheena /Asif Nath , Altaf Ahmed Dar and Mudasir Ahmed Mir. The fourth house attached was owned by Abdul Rehman Bhat of Sangam Eidgah.
“The team on spot directed the concerned that there should be no alteration or otherwise to the attached properties without the prior permission of the designated authority,” a police statement said.
Police station Parimpora in May last year had registered a case and found that a module was involved in hiding and providing logistical support to active militants of The Resistance Front, a shadow group of Lashkar-e-Taiba. Police in its statement further said it was also found during the investigation that the militants had been sheltered in the said residential houses and during the course of investigation, the U/S 24/25 UA(P) act was initiated, Stating therein further that later proper accord of approval for attachment of houses was received.
Police in it’s statement also said “the chargesheet of the case was presented before court against 13 accused persons including active militants of TRF/ LeT for the logical judicial determination, Stating therein further that investigation of the said case is still going on. Police in it’s statement appealed citizens not to provide shelter or logistics to militants failing which law will take its own course.
