Srinagar: Police in Anantnag have attached a commercial complex valued at over ₹ 2 crores, belonging to one late Abdul Rashid Dar of Tulkhan Bijbehara, a police spokesperson informed Thursday.
He said the property was identified as being acquired through illicit drug trade, specifically the trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The attached property includes a commercial building constructed at a prime location on NHW-44 at Semthan Bijbehara, covering an area of five Kanal 12 Marla under Survey No. 291 Min.
The accused was involved in case FIR No. 210/2020 under relevant sections of law, registered at Police Station Bijbehara, police said.
It said in September 2020, an underground room in the compound of the deceased Abdul Rashid Dar was discovered containing a substantial quantity of contraband substances, presumably poppy-straw (Fukki) packed in gunny bags and plastic barrels. The investigation revealed that the deceased had acquired this contraband substance from illegal sources and stored it for further illicit sale to the local youth, thereby promoting drug addiction and their illegal trade.
A total of 126 gunny bags weighing 2600 kgs and 60 plastic barrels (1395 kgs) of the contraband substance were recovered from the spot, police said.
