Srinagar: State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday said that NIA Court, Srinagar framed charges against four JeM terrorists who were indulging in unlawful activities.
In a statement, the SIA said it had presented charge-sheet in August against four accused — Inayat Sikender Padder, a resident of Bathipora Kulgam; Mohammad Hussain Dar alias Kifayat of Gandwani D H Pora Kulgam; Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Okay Kulgam, and Shahid Bhaie of Jaish-i-Mohammad outfit based at Jhelum City Punjab Pakistan, before the designated competent court of Additional Sessions Special Judge, NIA Court, Srinagar in Case FIR No 05/2022 of P/S CI-SIA Kashmir Srinagar.
The statement further stated that yesterday, the court framed the charges against three accused persons under sections 13, 17, 39 and 40 of ULAP Act including one entity based in Pakistan against whom proceedings under section 299 of CrPC were initiated. However, charges against one accused namely Sabzar Ahmad were framed under section 13 ULAP Act only by the court.
“Case FIR No. 05/2022 under relevant sections of law was lodged at Police Station CIK (SIA) Kashmir following some credible inputs about the above named valley-based accused persons in connivance with a Pakistani militant Shahid Bhaie of JeM trying to carry out terror acts with a purpose of causing disturbance to the peace and tranquility in the UT of J&K with an ulterior motive of challenging the sovereignty and integrity of Union of India,” they said.
Investigation into the case has revealed that the “Pakistani militant under a well knit criminal conspiracy, hatched with the above militant associates had created and were continuously attempting to create new militant modules, comprising mostly youth, by a variety of methods including instigation, enticement and at times combined with implied coercion to act as logistics and militant agents with the intention to further terror and unlawful activities in J&K,” read the statement.
