The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 25, filed a prosecution complaint against 12 Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before a special judge at the Patiala House Court in Delhi, in connection with a terror funding case, reports tribuneindia.com. Officials said in the complaint the ED had named Mohammad Shafi Shah, Talib Lali, Mohammad Yusuf Shah, Gulam Nabi Khan, Umer Farooq Shera, Manzoor Ahmed Dar, Zaffar Hussain Bhat, Nazir Ahmad Dar, Abdul Majeed Sofi, Mubarak Shah, Muzaffar Ahmad Dar and Mushtaq Ahmad Lone. “The prosecution complaint has been filed with a prayer for awarding punishment to all of the accused for the commission of offence under the PMLA and for confiscation of the attached properties totalling Rs 1.22 crore, which have been provisionally attached,” an ED official said.
“Investigations under the PMLA revealed that the Hizbul Mujahideen, the most active terror outfit in Kashmir, has been responsible for funding terrorist and secessionist activities in the Valley, headed by Syed Salahuddin, its self-styled commander based at Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The funding of terrorism activities on Indian soil had been organised by a trust called JKART (Jammu & Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust) which was operating in connivance with the Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and ISI,” the ED said in its prosecution complaint.