Hawala opeartor held for funding terror outfits Lashkar and Al-Badr, NIA conducts raids in a matter related to weapons dropping by Pakistani drones
   20-Aug-2022
 
Mohammed Yaseen Arrested
 
 
Delhi Police and J&K Police along with Central agencies in a joint operation arrested a Hawala operator for funding terror outfits LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) and Al-Badr. The accused had been identified as Mohammed Yaseen. Joint teams while working on specific inputs held Yaseen, a resident of Turkman Gate in Delhi.
 
He was working as an agent in Hawala transactions related to funding of terror outfits LeT and Al-Badr. On Aug 17, Yasin gave around Rs 10 lakh to a terror operative Abdul Hamid Mir of Poonch of J&K for further use in terrorist activities in border districts of Jammu region besides Kashmir valley. In this regard, J&K Police registered a case and had arrested Abdul Hamid Mir from Jammu Bus Stand along with the terror funding amount of Rs 10 lakh,” said HGS Dhaliwal, the DCP of Special Cell.
 
 
 
 
The official said that on August 18, an information was received from central agencies and J&K police regarding a person engaged in funding of terrorist activities and operating from Meena Bazar, Delhi Itself. After receiving the information, a raiding team was constituted and deployed in and around area of Meena Bazar. Yaseen was finally held. The police said that they have recovered cash Rs 7 lakh and a cell phone from him.
 
 
Yaseen is a garment trader by profession and was operating from Meena Bazar. He worked as a conduit of Hawala money, collected funds received from sources based abroad and further delivering to terror operatives in J&K.
During interrogation, Yaseen revealed to the police that the Hawala money was being sent to Surat and Mumbai through South Africa.
 
Yaseen is an important link for transporting funds from different parts of India to J&K. Recently, he received Rs 24 lakh sent via Hawala from South Africa, out of which he transferred Rs 17 lakh through two different couriers to terror operatives in J&K. Arrested accused Abdul Hamid Mir was given Rs 10 lakh by him. This Rs 10 lakh was seized by J&K whereas the remaining Rs 7 lakh was recovered from his house during search.
 
NIA carried out raids in connection with arms dropping by Pakistani drones:-
 
 
Meanwhile, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has carried out searches in five districts of J&K in connection with arms dropping by Pakistani drones.
 
The searches were carried out in Jammu, Srinagar, Kathua, Samba, and Doda districts in the case related to the interception of a drone used for delivery of consignments of arms, ammunition and explosives by a key module of The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the NIA said in a press release. According to the release, the TRF operatives were working at the behest of Pakistani handlers of LeT.
 
 
The TRF operatives were in constant touch with Pakistani handlers of LeT and were receiving consignments of arms, ammunition and explosives and other terrorist hardware via drones in the Indian territory near the International Border in the Samba Sector.
 
These weapon consignments were further being supplied to TRF terrorists in Kashmir for the execution of terrorist attacks on minorities, migrants and security forces. The case was registered on May 29 in Rajbagh police station and re-registered by NIA on July 30". The searches conducted have led to recovery of various incriminating material, digital devices and documents," the NIA said.