Spl NIA court passes attachment order
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 23: Police today attached the property of a United States based Kashmiri separatist leader and founder of Kashmiri American Council (KAC), Ghulam Nabi alias Dr. GN Fai, for undermining the sovereignty and integrity of the nation.
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A police spokesman said that acting on an application filed by Budgam Police, the Special NIA Court at Budgam has ordered the attachment of immovable property belonging to absconding accused Ghulam Nabi Shah alias “Dr. Fai” a US-based Kashmiri separatist, in connection with FIR No. 46/2020 registered at Police Station Budgam under Sections 10, 13 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The attachment order was passed under Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code (corresponding to Section 85 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023) as the accused had already been declared a proclaimed offender by the competent court.
“In compliance with the court directions, land measuring one kanal and two marlas under Survey No. 466 situated at village Wadwan and land measuring 11 marlas under Survey No. 343 located at village Chattabugh, District Budgam, has been ordered to be attached. The District Collector, Budgam, has been instructed to take possession of the said properties”, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said that the investigations have revealed the involvement of the accused in separatist activities, including the dissemination of propaganda aimed at undermining the sovereignty and integrity of the nation.
“In view of these serious allegations, Budgam Police has initiated strict legal action in accordance with the law.”
The spokesman said that J&K Police remains committed to taking firm and lawful action against all persons found involved in propagating or promoting ideas of separatism that are prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of the nation.
“The legal action is message to all separatists who are acting from foreign land that strict action will be taken against them under the law of the land,”, the spokesman added.
Dr Fai, who is founder of the Kashmiri American Council (KAC), has been accused under the UAPA since 2020 for allegedly lobbying on behalf of Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan.
Fai also confronted legal issues in the US, where he was arrested in 2011, after KAC was declared as a front for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by US authorities.
He was sentenced to two years in prison by a US court for conspiracy and tax violations. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion before being released in 2013.
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