NIA files supplementary Charge-sheet in Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Narco Terror Case

NewsBharati    07-Jan-2021 12:21:39 PM
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New Delhi, Jan 7: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed the supplementary charge sheet on January 5, 2021 in the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) Narco Terror case in NIA Special Court in Mohali under sections 1208, 419, 417, 201 IPC and other sections of the NDPS Act and UAPA against the narco-terrorists Jaswant Singh alias Jassa, resident of Gurdaspur and Gursant Singh alias Gora, resident of aran Taran, Punjab.

nia_1  H x W: 0Both the accused were involved in collection, distribution and selling of narcotics drugs smuggled from Pakistan as also in collection and channelization of proceeds so generated for furthering the activities of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

Accused Gursant Singh was one of the important members of the terrorist gang and was a close associate of the prime accused Iqbal Singh alias Shera who was responsible for the sage movement of Heroin and other such narcotics drugs and the proceeds to various destinations and to unknown persons. Investigation has also brought out that he has purchased many immoveable properties and luxury cars to be used as hide outs and for transportation of drugs and proceeds.

Earlier, a charge sheet was filed on 20.10.2020 against ten accused persons namely Hilal Ahmed Shergojri, r/o dist- Pulwama (J&K) (Arrested), Bikram Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Maninder Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Ranjit Singh, r/o dist- Gurdaspur (Arrested), Jaswant Singh, r/o distGurdaspur (Arrested), Ranjit Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Gagandeep Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Iqbal Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Absconding), Zafar Hussain Bhat, r/o dist.- Anantnag (J&K), presently in Pakistan (Absconding) and Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, r/o dist- Pulwama (J&K) (Killed) u/s 120B, 419, 471, 489C of IPC, sections 8, 21, 23, 12 24, 25, 27, 27A, 29 & 31 of NDPS Act, sections 17, 18, 20, 38 and 40 of UA(P) Act and section 12(1)(b) of Indian Passports Act in the Special NIA Court, Mohali, Punjab.

This case arose out of PS Sadar Amritsar Case no. 135 dated 25.04.2020 pertaining to arrest of one Hilal Ahmed Shergojri and recovery of Rs. 29 Lakh from his possession, by Punjab Police on 25.04.2020.

The NIA took up the investigation of the case on 08.05.2020. During investigation by NIA, it emerged that accused Hilal, who had come to Amritsar to collect the amount of Rs 29 Lakh, was a member of proscribed terrorist organization Hizb-ul–Mujahideen (HM) and a close associate of Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, the then HM commander of Kashmir Valley.

This led to busting of a major Narco-terror module involved in smuggling and selling of Heroin in India and channelizing of drug-proceeds to Pakistan through Hawala and to the HM terrorists based in J&K at the behest of HM terrorists based in Pakistan.