Cracking down nexus of terror funding, NIA arrests FIF terror group accused with five days in custody

New Delhi, June 13: Cracking down terror funding cases in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, many veiled faces have been unveiled signifying the worst face of terror activities. Continuing to target the terrorist dartboard, National Investigation Agency has arrested a resident from Gujarat in connection with terror funding for Pakistan-based Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) group.

The person arrested was identified as Mohammad Arif Ghulambashir Dharampuria and was arrested from Delhi Airport on his arrival from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

It has been reported that Mohammad Dharampuria had been hiding in Dubai for long. The NIA had issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him and he was detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on his arrival from Dubai. This is the fifth arrest in the case, related to receiving of terror funds being sent by FIF operators to their associates through hawala operators to create unrest in India.

The NIA registered the FIF terror funding case on July 2, 2018 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). As per the case, some Delhi-based individuals were receiving funds from FIF operatives based abroad and using the same to further terror activities. The FIF was established in 1990 by 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is a designated "global terrorist".

The US also designated FIF as a terrorist entity in 2010. It is a front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a terror organisation proscribed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).