Updated Mar 2, 2021, 9:03 am IST
The accused were involved in cross-border smuggling of heroin in huge quantities from Pakistan and were supplying the same in J&K
Police found Rs. 20 lakh and two kg heroin in a Hyundai Creta owned by one Abdul Momin Peer at a makeshift checkpoint near Handwara. Representational image
SRINAGAR: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested four persons from Jammu and Kashmir allegedly involved in smuggling of heroin and other narcotic drugs worth million of rupees from across the Line of Control (LoC).
The money obtained through the sale of the contraband locally and in other parts of the country would be transferred to a major militant outfit to help it in carrying out terrorist activities in the Valley, the agency claimed.
Pak Court Sentenced Lakhvi Only to Show Sense of Compliance Before FATF Meeting: India
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore sentenced the Lashkar-e-Taiba head and Mumbai attacks mastermind on Friday.
Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Photo: PTI
New Delhi: India on Friday stated that the sentencing of Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi to five years’ imprisonment by a Pakistani court was a âfarcicalâ step undertaken to show a âsense of complianceâ before upcoming meetings of terror finance watchdogs.
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore sentenced the Lashkar-e-Taiba head for violating three sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 by running a dispensary in Kot Lakhpat to raise funds to sponsor terror activities. Lakhvi was sentenced to five years for each section, which he will serve concurrently. Besides, he was also fined Rs 3 lakh by the court.
ATC sentences LeT leader Lakhvi to 5 years in prison for terror financing
Court also awards Rs300,000 fine for running a medical dispensary to collect, disburse funds for terror activities
LAHORE:
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday convicted Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the alleged founders of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), of terrorism financing and awarded him jail terms of five years, concurrently on three counts, along with a cumulative fine of Rs300,000.
Lakhvi was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab from Lahore on Friday last. He was arrested in connection with running a medical dispensary to collect funds for terrorism financing. The CTD had registered the first information report (FIR) and conducted investigation.
UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the counter-terrorism department of Punjab province on Saturday.