Enforcement Directorate seizes Rs 3 Lakh in cash from Lashkar-e-Taiba cadre in JK

NewsBharati    23-Mar-2018
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Srinagar, March 23: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash in connection with its money laundering probe against terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Notably, the money recovered by ED was to support terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

After the move, the ED said that it attached the cash amount of Rs 3 lakh after it was found that the money was to be used in supporting terrorism. The ED confirmed that the cash was to be delivered to hardcore terrorist Mohammad Hussain Dar alias Raju by his associate Abdul Hamid Lone.

The ED in a statement said that after getting a specific input raided Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh's Sopore-based bakery and recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash. “The amount recovered from the bakery shop was to be delivered to hardcore terrorist Mohammad Hussain Dar” the probe agency added.

However, ED has filed a case against Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh for supporting terrorism in Kashmir valley and under Money laundering act. The probe agency further said that Lone during questioning had admitted to the ED that his younger brother Abdul Majeed Lone had left India 25 years ago and was settled in Pakistan's Pindi area.

The ED also stated that during the preliminary investigation, Lone claimed that the seized amount was related to his fruit business, but he could not produce any documents in this regard. Importantly, the move comes after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) intensified its efforts in a bid to curb terror funding and subversive activities in the Jammu and Kashmir valley. NIA has also arrested many separatists since July last year.