Jammu Kashmir’s web of terror: A businessman who became centric to terror funding
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New Delhi, June 19: The National Investigation
Agency has been kept busy in Jammu and Kashmir, where it is probing a
series of cases relating to terror funding. Some of the key
findings of the probe have been the route and source of the funds. More
importantly, it was also found that several separatists had routed these
funds for personal use and there was also a rift among them regarding
the money.
Investigation
revealed that Zahoor Ahamad Shah Watali is one of the main hawala
conduit who used to generate and receive funds from Pakistan, ISI, UAE
and had floated various shell companies to disguise foreign remittances
for further transfer to separatist leaders and stone pelters in the
valley. These funds were used to fuel unrest in the Kashmir valley and
organise violent agitations and anti-India activities which resulted in
large scale violence leading to numerous injuries and deaths of
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continuation of the investigation, the National Investigation Agency
arrested Yasin Malik, leader of proscribed organisation JKLF, Asiya
Andrabi leader of proscribed organisation Duktaran-e-Milat, Separatist
leader Shabir Shah of JKDFP and Masrat Alam of Muslim League. All the
four accused were taken into police custody for custodial interrogation. Malik
revealed that he was instrumental in bringing together the disparate
factions of Hurriyat Conference and formed the Joint Resistance
Leadership (JRL) which spear headed the violent agitations in 2016 in
Kashmir Valley by issuing "Protest Calendars" leading to economic shut
down for over four months and also caused death and injuries to
civilians and security forces during the violent protests. Malik
admitted that the JRL and Hurriyat Conference Gilani Group collected
funds from business community as well as certain other sources and
ensured that economic shut down and violent protests continue to disrupt
the daily life of common citizens in the valley. Asiya Andrabi
admitted that she had been collecting funds and donations from foreign
sources and Duktaran-e-Milat had been organising protests by muslim
women in the valley. Asiya Andrabi was confronted with evidence
regarding funding of educational expenses of her son in Malaysia from
2011 onwards through foreign remittances made by Zahoor Watali. Fighting radicalisation to the finish: Why the NIA will have a busy outing in TN, Kerala NIA
has already approached the concerned authorities for providing evidence
relating to certain bank accounts used by Mohammad bin Qasim (son of
Asiya Andrabi) while he was studying in the University. Masarat
Alam, the so called poster boy of stone pelters and violent agitations
in Kashmir valley, during his custodial interrogation, revealed that
Pakistan based agents route the funds through hawala operators which
were transferred to the separatist leaders including Syed Shah Gilani
Chairman APHC(G). Masarat Alam also revealed that there are rifts in the
Hurriyat conference regarding collection and use of funds. Source: https://www.oneindia.com/india/kashmirs-web-of-terror-a-businessman-who-became-centric-to-terror-funding-2906855.html
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