Srinagar: Police in Srinagar have attached immovable properties worth over ₹2 crore belonging to “notorious” drug peddlers in the Chanapora and Qamarwari areas of Srinagar.
In the first action, Police Station Chanapora attached a double-storey residential house worth approximately ₹1 crore belonging to accused Huzaif Shabir Dar of Budshahnagar Chanapora, involved in FIR No. 01/2024 registered under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Chanapora.
A police spokesperson said that during the course of investigation, it was conclusively established that the said property had been acquired through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking.
Accordingly, the property was attached under the provisions of Section 68-F of the NDPS Act.
Police Post Qamarwari also attached a double-storey residential house belonging to Basit Ahmad Baba alias Aikan, a resident of Barthana Qamarwari under the provisions of Section 68(F)(1) of the NDPS Act, 1985.
The said immovable property, recorded in the name of his father Mohammad Yousuf Baba, falls under Khasra No. 100 and has an estimated market value of more than ₹1 crore, police said.
Police in Anantnag also attached immovable property worth approximately ₹2.5 crore belonging to a “notorious” drug peddler under the provisions of the NDPS Act.
The attached property includes one double-storied residential house, one shopping complex comprising 20 shops, and land measuring one Kanal and six Marlas.
The property belongs to Javid Ahmad Rather of Waghama, who is involved in case FIR No. 237/2021 of Police Station Bijbehara, police said.
Police also carried out demolition drive against illegally acquired property belonging to another drug peddler in the Dhobiwan area of Kunzer.
During the drive, a commercial property comprising two shops belonging to Bashir Ahmad Mallah of Dhobiwan was demolished, police said, adding that Mallah has remained involved in drug peddling activities, posing a serious threat to the youth and society by promoting the menace of narcotics in the area.
