Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 20: In the much publicized one lakh US dollar case in which POTA Court has framed charges against JKLF supremo Yasin Malik, Crime Branch today filed an application seeking cancellation order dated February 18, 2014 of permanent exemption of Yasin Malik.
After going through the Crime Branch application, Presiding Officer POTA Court Kishore Kumar directed counsel for the Yasin Malik to file objections.
According to Crime Branch case, in March 2002, Yasin Malik convened meeting at Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Headquarters in Srinagar, in which he authorized another accused, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, to go to Kathmandu (Nepal) and bring one lakh US dollars, which was to be distributed among militant organizations in the State.
The charge-sheet submitted by the police revealed that Kud Police had recovered one lakh US dollars from Dar and another accused while they were traveling from Jammu to Srinagar after they allegedly brought the money from Nepal which was meant for strengthening armed activity in the State.
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