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  • SIU presents chargesheet against 2 militants, one of them dead

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    Srinagar, April 17 (GNS): Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has presented a chargesheet against two militants, one among them dead, in Baramulla in north Kashmir, officials said on Monday.

    A police spokesperson in a statement to GNS said that the chargesheet was presented in the case (FIR No. 40/2022) under section 3.I.A Act 13,16,18,18-B,38 UAP Act of Police Station Sheeri before the court of Additional Sessions Judge (NIA Court) Baramulla.

    The case, he said, pertains to the arrest of a militant Nisar Ahmad Bhat in Wasran Taripora forests. He was arrested by a joint team of Police, 52RR, 46RR and 53Bn CRPF during a cordon and search operation, he said.

    “The chargesheet was presented against the accused Nisar Ahmad son of Mohammad Akbar resident of Shrakwara presently lodged in District Jail Baramulla and accused Hilal Ahmad Sheikh (dead) in abate,” he said, adding, “Investigation in respect of accused (militants) Usman alias Usman Bai and Ali Sajad alias Sajad Bai, both residents of Pakistan shall continue.” (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • SIU presents chargesheet against 2 militants, one of them dead

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    Srinagar, April 17: Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has presented a chargesheet against two militants, one among them dead, in Baramulla in north Kashmir, officials said on Monday.

    A police spokesperson in a statement to GNS said that the chargesheet was presented in the case (FIR No. 40/2022) under section 3.I.A Act 13,16,18,18-B,38 UAP Act of Police Station Sheeri before the court of Additional Sessions Judge (NIA Court) Baramulla.

    The case, he said, pertains to the arrest of a militant Nisar Ahmad Bhat in Wasran Taripora forests. He was arrested by a joint team of Police, 52RR, 46RR and 53Bn CRPF during a cordon and search operation, he said.

    “The chargesheet was presented against the accused Nisar Ahmad son of Mohammad Akbar resident of Shrakwara presently lodged in District Jail Baramulla and accused Hilal Ahmad Sheikh (dead) in abate,” he said, adding, “Investigation in respect of accused (militants) Usman alias Usman Bai and Ali Sajad alias Sajad Bai, both residents of Pakistan shall continue.” (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • UP man ties stone to rat’s tail & drowns it; 30-page chargesheet filed

    UP man ties stone to rat’s tail & drowns it; 30-page chargesheet filed

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    Budaun: UP Police have filed a 30-page chargesheet in a Budaun court against a man who allegedly tied a stone to a rat’s tail and drowned it in a drain in November last year, an official said on Tuesday.

    The police investigation joined “each and every sequence” and prepared the chargesheet based on the forensic report, videos in the media, and information collected from different departments, Circle Officer (City) Alok Mishra told PTI.

    Police sources said to make the chargesheet strong, the post-mortem examination report has been used as a base. The report indicated the rodent had lung and liver infection and died due to asphyxiation caused by lung infection.

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    On November 25, police received a complaint against Manoj Kumar for cruelty against an animal. Police said animal activist Vikendra Sharma reported them that Kumar threw a rat into a drain after tying a stone to its tail. Sharma said he entered the drain to save the rat but it died later.

    On Tuesday, senior advocate Rajiv Kumar Sharma told PTI, “Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, there is a provision of fine from Rs 10 to Rs 2,000 and three years of imprisonment. And under Section 429 of IPC, there is a provision for five years of imprisonment or fine or both.”

    Kumar’s father Mathura Prasad, however, said, “Killing of rats and crows is not wrong. These are harmful creatures.”

    “Rats had damaged the utensils made using soil, and had turned them into mounds of soil. This caused mental and financial problems to him. If action is taken against my son, then action should also be taken against those who butcher goats, hens and fishes. Action should also be taken against those who sell the rat killing chemical,” Prasad added.

    After the incident in November, the rat’s carcass was sent to a veterinary hospital in Budaun for autopsy but the staff refused to examine it. The carcass was then sent to Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly.

    Kumar was called to the police station for questioning. He was later booked under IPC Section 429 (slaughtering an animal) and also under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, police said.

    Later, the forensic examination showed the rat’s lungs were swollen and it died due to a lung infection. “Our experts concluded the rat died due to asphyxiation caused by lung infection,” KP Singh, joint director of IVRI, had said then.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Police Produces Chargesheet Against Man For ‘Murdering’ Sister- In- Law

    Police Produces Chargesheet Against Man For ‘Murdering’ Sister- In- Law

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    SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday produced a charge sheet in the court of law against a murder accused who chocked her brother’s wife to death when the victim resisted his sexual assault at Kadalbal Pampore area of south Kashmir.

    The charge sheet was produced by Awantipora police after the completion of three months investigation.

    Pertinently, after the murder of Rozy Jan wife of Muzafar Ahmed Ganaie, police had registered an FIR vide number 5/23 and SDPO Imtiyaz Ahmed Mir was appointed investigating officer to crack the case.

    The deceased was murdered by her brother-in-law namely Altaf Ganie when she resisted sexual exploitation by the accused.

    During the investigation, all cogent evidences including oral, documentary, circumstantial, medical and technical were collected by the Investigating Officer and the case was chargesheet against the accused within the mandatory period of 90 days.

    Meanwhile, SSP Awantipora extended his gratitude to all those people who cooperated with the police and got their statements recorded impartially. He also appreciated the efforts of the investigating officer Imtiyaz Ahmed SDPO Pampore for concluding the investigation of the case within the stipulated time.

    The case stands registered at police station Pampore. (KNT)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Al-Huda Educational Trust Terror Funding Case, NIA Files Chargesheet

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    SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet in the Al Huda Educational Trust (AHET) terror funding case, linked to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), which had set up the Trust to mobilise funds to further its anti-India agenda even after it was banned.

    In a statement, NIA spokesman said that JeI was declared an Unlawful Association in 2019. “The NIA, which was subsequently mandated to investigate the continued suspicious activities of the banned terror outfit, had registered a case against JEI in September 2022. It filed the chargesheet today in the NIA Special Court, J&K, after extensive investigations and multiple raids in Jammu and Kashmir,” the NIA spokesman said.

    The NIA spokesman said that a Pak-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist, Mushtaq Ahmed Mir alias Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, is among the four individuals / entities named in the chargesheet. Others charged in the case are AHET, Md. Amir Shamshi, a ‘rukun’ (primary member) and chairperson of AHET, and Abdul Hamid Ganai alias Abdul Hamid Fayaz r/o Shopian. “All four have been charged under various sections of UA(P)Act and IPC,” the spokesman said.

    “Investigations have revealed that Md. Amir Shamshi was responsible for the day to day working of AHET, which was formed by JEI with the explicit purpose of mobilising funds to carry on its secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Amir collected funds for JEI, J&K, through the Trust in the form of educational and religious donations. He channelized the funds to his co-accused, Amir-e-Jamaat (Head of JEI J&K) Abdul Hamid Ganai, to further the banned outfit’s anti-India agenda.”

    The spokesman said that Amir Shamshi also conspired with Mushtaq Ahmed Mir, originally a resident of Rajouri. Mushtaq sent funds to Amir from Pakistan through Hawala channels. “Amir used these funds to organise propaganda meetings to motivate individuals to engage in secessionist and terror activities,” the NIA spokesman said.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Militant Funding Case: NIA Files Chargesheet Against Al-Huda Educational Trust

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    Srinagar, April 05: National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said that it has filed Charge-sheets against Jamaat-e-Islami linked Al-Huda Educational Trust in case related to militancy funding.

    In a handout to GNS, the NIA said that JEI was declared an Unlawful Association in 2019. The NIA, which was subsequently mandated to investigate the continued suspicious activities of the banned militant outfit, had registered a case against JEI in September 2022. It filed the chargesheet today in the NIA Special Court, J&K, after extensive investigations and multiple raids in Jammu and Kashmir.

    According to spokesman, a Pak-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant, Mushtaq Ahmed Mir @ Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, is among the four individuals / entities named in the chargesheet. Others charged in the case are AHET, Md. Amir Shamshi, a ‘rukun’ (primary member) and chairperson of AHET, and Abdul Hamid Ganai @ Abdul Hamid Fayaz r/o Shopian. All four have been charged under various sections of UA(P)Act and IPC.

    Investigations have revealed that Md. Amir Shamshi was responsible for the day to day working of AHET, which was formed by JEI with the explicit purpose of mobilising funds to carry on its secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Amir collected funds for JEI, J&K, through the Trust in the form of educational and religious donations. He channelized the funds to his co-accused, Amir-e-Jamaat (Head of JEI J&K) Abdul Hamid Ganai, to further the banned outfit’s anti-India agenda, he said.

    Amir Shamshi also conspired with Mushtaq Ahmed Mir, originally a resident of Rajouri. Mushtaq sent funds to Amir from Pakistan through Hawala channels. Amir used these funds to organise propaganda meetings to motivate individuals to engage in secessionist and militant activities, reads the statement.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Udhampur Blast Case: NIA Files Chargesheet Against Two LeT Operatives

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    SRINAGAR: National Investigation Agency on Thursday said that it has filed chargehseet against two members of Lashkar-i-Toiba oufit in connection with the Udhampur blast case.

    NIA spokesman said that following through on investigations into the Udhampur IED blast cases by the LeT through their Pak based handlers, NIA filed a chargesheet against 2 LeT operatives today.

    The spokesman further stated that Aslam Sheikh alias Adil and Mohd Amin Bhat alias Abu Khubaib alias Pinna have been charged for their efforts towards revival of militant activities in Jammu by carrying out recruitments from the pool of OGWs and surrendered militants and activating & motivating them to carry out militant acts.

    NIA had taken over investigations into the case in 15th of November 2022 from Jammu & Kashmir Police, he said.

    NIA Investigations revealed that Mohd Aslam Sheikh alias Adil was in touch with Mohd Amin Bhatalias Pinna, an ‘individual militant’ of the LeT listed by Government of India, who was now operating from Pakistan. Pinna recruited Adil to carry out the two IED blasts on buses parked in the public areas of Udhampur District of J&K, which had inflicted injuries to two persons, he said.

    Mohd Amin Bhat was initially a resident of Doda district in J&K. In 1997, he joined the terrorist ranks of Hizb Ul Mujahideen and was involved in the execution of various militant acts in J&K. He escaped to Pakistan in 2009 and is presently an active LeT handler who is playing a vital role to revive and accelerate terrorist activities in the Jammu region of J&K, he said.

    Adil collected the explosives consignment delivered by Pinna’s associates from across the border in Kathua sector. Pinna used drones and dead drop method for this delivery. Pinna trained Adil in cyberspace on how to prime the IEDs. On 28th September, Adil planted 2 IEDs in two different buses, which were plying between Basnatgarh and Udhampur. One blast took place around midnight on 28th and the other in the early hours of 29th September, he said.

    After his arrest, Adil made disclosures about hoarding of explosives for future attacks. Two more IEDs, three Sticky bombs, three detonators and two PTD timers were recovered from Adil’s residence. These were part of the consignment that was delivered from Pakistan, he said.

    NIA unravelled all these facts and has filed a chargesheet on 28th against Mohd Aslam Sheikh and Mohd Amin Bhat under sections 120B, 121A, 122, 307 and 407 of IPC, sections 3 &4 of the Explosives Substances Act, 1908 and sections 16, 18, 18B, 20, 23, 38 & 39 of the UA (P) Act, 1967, reads the statement.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Udhampur Blast Case: NIA Files Chargesheet Against Two LeT Operatives

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    Srinagar, March 30: National Investigation Agency on thursday said that it has filed chargehseet against two members of Lashkar-i-Toiba oufit in connection with the Udhampur blast case.

    In a handout to GNS, the NIA said that following through on investigations into the Udhampur IED blast cases by the LeT through their Pak based handlers, NIA filed a chargesheet against 2 LeT operatives today.

    The spokesman further stated that Aslam Sheikh @ Adil and Mohd Amin Bhat @ Abu Khubaib @ Pinna have been charged for their efforts towards revival of militant activities in Jammu by carrying out recruitments from the pool of OGWs and surrendered militants and activating & motivating them to carry out militant acts.

    NIA had taken over investigations into the case in 15th of November 2022 from Jammu & Kashmir Police, he said.

    NIA Investigations revealed that Mohd Aslam Sheikh @ Adil was in touch with Mohd Amin Bhat @ Abu Khubaib @ Pinna, an ‘individual militant’ of the LeT listed by Government of India, who was now operating from Pakistan. Pinna recruited Adil to carry out the two IED blasts on buses parked in the public areas of Udhampur District of J&K, which had inflicted injuries to two persons, he said.

    Mohd Amin Bhat @ Abu Khubaib @ Pinna was initially a resident of Doda district in J&K. In 1997, he joined the terrorist ranks of Hizb Ul Mujahideen and was involved in the execution of various mlitant acts in J&K. He escaped to Pakistan in 2009 and is presently an active LeT handler who is playing a vital role to revive and accelerate terrorist activities in the Jammu region of J&K, he said.

    Adil collected the explosives consignment delivered Pinna’s associates from across the border in Kathua sector. Pinna used drones and dead drop method for this delivery. Pinna trained Adil in cyberspace on how to prime the IEDs. On 28th September, Adil planted 2 IEDs in two different buses, which were plying between Basnatgarh and Udhampur. One blast took place around midnight on 28th and the other in the early hours of 29th September, he said.

    After his arrest, Adil made disclosures about hoarding of explosives for future attacks. Two more IEDs, three Sticky bombs, three detonators and two PTD timers were recovered from Adil’s residence. These were part of the consignment that was delivered from Pakistan, he said.

    NIA unravelled all these facts and has filed a chargesheet on 28th against Mohd Aslam Sheikh @ Adil and Mohd Amin Bhat @ Abu Khubaib under sections 120B, 121A, 122, 307 and 407 of IPC, sections 3 &4 of the Explosives Substances Act, 1908 and sections 16, 18, 18B, 20, 23, 38 & 39 of the UA (P) Act, 1967, reads the statement.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Hyderabad terror conspiracy case: Chargesheet filed against LeT men

    Hyderabad terror conspiracy case: Chargesheet filed against LeT men

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    Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives who were targeting the city for terror attacks.

    The Hyderabad police had arrested Mohd Abdul Wajid alias Zahed, Samiuddin alias Sami and Maaz Hasan Farooq alias Maaz last year and charged them with terrorist conspiracy. They allegedly raised funds and collected explosives to carry out recruitment into the LeT, the police said.

    The NIA had taken over investigations into the case in January 2023 from Hyderabad Police. NIA investigations revealed that Zahed, Sami and Maaz were in touch with Farhatulla Ghori, an ‘individual terrorist’ listed by the government of India.

    Simultaneously, they were also in league with Siddiqu bin Osman alias Abu Hanzala, Abdul Majeed alias Chotu and other LeT leaders and operatives, the NIA said. They had aimed to carry out bomb blasts at crowded places in Hyderabad City. 

    Farhatulla Ghori, Siddiqu bin Osman alias Abu Hanzala and Abdul Majeed alias Chotu are both based in Pakistan, said the NIA.

    “Ghori recruited Zahed from cyberspace and sent funds to him through hawala channels. Zahed was tasked to recruit more persons into LeT and to carry out terrorist acts. Sami, Maaz and Mohammed Kaleem were instigated and prodded by Zahed to work for the LeT,” the NIA stated in a press release.

    Four (04) hand grenades were dropped at an isolated spot near Manoharabad village on Hyderabad-Nagpur Highway (NH-44) on 28 September.2022. Zahed got the hand-grenade consignment collected through Sami and then gave one grenade each to Sami and Maaz with instructions to hurl the same at public gatherings during the Dusshera festival, the NIA added.

    However, their intentions could not bear fruit as they were arrested by the Hyderabad police before the planned attacks. The grenades were recovered from their possession during a search of their houses. Rs 20 lakhs were also seized from Zahed., the NIA further added

    The NIA, after ascertaining facts and filed a chargesheet on Wednesday against Zahed, Sami and Maaz under sections 120B, 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), sections 4, 5, 6 of the Explosives Substances Act, 1908 and sections 13, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39 of the UA (P) Act, 1967.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • CBI files fresh chargesheet against Mehul Choksi

    CBI files fresh chargesheet against Mehul Choksi

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    New Delhi: Months after Interpol removed a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, the CBI has filed a fresh chargesheet against him for allegedly pledging lab-grown diamonds valued at 98 percent less than what was projected for getting a loan of Rs 25 crore from the IFCI in 2016, officials said.

    In its chargesheet filed before a special CBI court in Mumbai recently, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged that Choksi’s firm Gitanjali Gems took the loan from the Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) by pledging 896 pieces of studded jewellery, which were valued at more than Rs 45 crore by government-approved valuers.

    Once the loan account turned a non-performing asset (NPA), the IFCI moved to realise the pledged jewellery, but came to a rude shock after fresh valuations showed that their value was 98 percent less than what was projected at the time of applying for the loan, the officials said.

    The fresh valuation done by the IFCI pegged the value of the jewellery in the range of Rs 70 lakh to Rs 2 crore, the chargesheet said.

    “The valuers said the diamonds are of low quality and are lab-prepared chemical vapour diamonds and other inferior colour stones and not real gem stones. Accordingly, the account of Gitanjali Gems Limited was declared as fraud on November 30, 2018,” the chargesheet accessed by PTI said.

    The opinion of the valuers gathered by the CBI during the probe also put the value of 896 pieces of jewellery in the range of Rs 69.32 lakh to Rs 76.99 lakh, the officials said.

    The CBI recently filed a chargesheet against Gitanjali Gems, its former director and guarantor Choksi, government-approved valuers Narendra Jhaveri, Pradip C Shah, Shrenik Shah and Keyur Mehta, assistant vice-president of the company Vipul Chitalia and its assistant general manager Aniyath Shivraman Nair, they said.

    Giving details of the money trail, the federal agency alleged that Rs 25 crore received by Gitanjali Gems on September 30, 2016 from the IFCI were diverted to Premier Intertrade through a cheque signed by Chitalia and Nair on the same day.

    It alleged that the company, Premier Intertrade, existed only on paper with dummy partners and employees of Gitanjali Gems as signatories.

    The whole amount was reverted to Gitanjali Gems in three tranches, the CBI said, adding that the entire exercise was carried out to change the “colour of the money”.

    Choksi allegedly used Rs 20 crore to settle the foreign letter of credit (FLC) issued in favour of Hong Kong-based 4C’s Diamonds Distributors. The investigation showed that the Hong Kong-based firm was also controlled by Choksi and had no genuine business transactions with Gitanjali Gems.

    The money was again routed back to Gitanjali Gems, the agency alleged.

    The remaining Rs 5 crore were used to repay a fraudulent letter of undertaking (LoU) in the Punjab National Bank (PNB), discharge outstanding liabilities of Gitanjali Gems and towards miscellaneous expenses, the CBI alleged.

    An independent body of lawyers under Interpol — the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files (CCF) — removed Choksi’s name from theN list in November 2022 and it came as a major setback to the CBI. The removal of the notice means Choksi can now freely travel out of Antigua and Barbuda, where he is holed up after fleeing from India in 2018.

    Choksi is accused of siphoning off more than Rs 6,344.96 crore from the PNB, using fraudulent LoUs and FLCs.

    Officials at the PNB’s Brady House branch in Mumbai issued 165 LoUs and 58 FLCs during March-April 2017, against which 311 bills were discounted.

    These LoUs and FLCs were allegedly issued to Choksi’s firms without any sanctioned limit or cash margin and without making entries in the bank’s central banking system to evade any scrutiny in case of a default.

    LoUs are a guarantee given by a bank on behalf of its clients to a foreign bank. If a client does not repay to the foreign bank, the liability falls on the guarantor bank.

    Based on these LoUs issued by the PNB, money was lent by State Bank of India-Mauritius, Allahabad Bank-Hong Kong, Axis Bank-Hong Kong, Bank of India-Antwerp, Canara Bank-Mamana and SBI-Frankfurt.

    “Since the accused companies did not repay the amount availed against the said fraudulent LoUs and FLCs, the PNB made the payment of Rs 6,344.97 crore (USD 965.18 million), including the overdue interest, to the overseas banks, which had advanced buyer’s credit and discounted the bills against the fraudulent LoUs and FLCs issued by the PNB,” the CBI’s supplementary chargesheet in the PNB bank fraud case had alleged.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )