Srinagar: Police on Friday said that a court convicted a “terrorist associate” of Bijbehara, Anantnag and slapped him with a fine of Rs one lakh.
A police statement said that the conviction came after completion of trial in case FIR No. 33/2019 under section 18, 20, 38, 39 UA(P) Act of Police Station Srigufwara.
“The terrorist associate identified as Shahid Fayaz Tarray, son of Fayaz Ahmad Tarray, resident of Shalagam Bijbehara has been convicted under Section 39 of UA(P) Act,” police said in a statement.
Sharing details, police said on July 23, 2019, information was received by Police Station Srigufwara that “some unknown hardcore terrorist associates of proscribed terrorist outfit JeM are facilitating the terrorists to carry out terrorist acts, motivating youth to join terror ranks and are organising terror module to pay every possible help to strengthen the terror web.”
On receiving this information, a case FIR No. 33/2019 under section 18, 20, 38, 39 UA(P) Act was registered and investigation was taken up, the statement said.
During the course of investigation, some “suspected hardcore terrorist associates” were rounded up and were questioned.
Subsequently, on August 06, 2020, a checkpoint was established at Darigund Srigufwara during which Shahid Fayaz Tarray, son of Fayaz Ahmad Tarray, resident of Shalagam Bijbehara, “was apprehended and was immediately taken into custody and recoveries were made from him,” the police statement said.
