In 2020, NIA Arrests Wanted Accused BANNED PAK-BASED TERRORIST OUTFITS CONNECTED TO THE KASHMIR NARCO-TERROR CASE

INN/New Delhi, @infodeaofficial

A wanted suspect in a 2020 Kashmir narco-terror case connected to a plot by outlawed terrorist groups based in Pakistan to buy and sell illegal drugs in order to generate money for terrorism promotion has been taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Muneer Ahmad Banday was a major player in the plot, which planned to raise money to incite terror in J&K and other regions of India. Banday had been avoiding capture for the previous four years. Through a network of over-ground workers (OGWs), the money was to be used to support terrorist activities in the Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory.

When the Handwara (Kupwara) police filed a case in June 2020 after seizing two kilogrammes of heroin and Rs. 20 lakhs in cash while inspecting cars at Kairo Bridge, the conspiracy—which involved members of outlawed terrorist groups like Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)—came to light. The seizure resulted from the intercepted vehicle of accused Abdul Momin Peer on his way from Baramulla to Handwara. After Abdul Momin Peer was questioned further, 15 kilogrammes of heroin and Rs. 1.15 crores in cash were found.

NIA has filed a number of chargesheets against a total of 15 individuals in the case RC-03/2020/NIA/JMU since taking over the case and re-registering it on June 23, 2020, under various sections of the IPC, NDPS Act, and UA(P) Act. throughout order to eliminate the narco-terror network and the source of terror funding throughout the nation, especially in Kashmir, the agency is still conducting investigations.