Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 14: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today attached eight properties of two key Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives in a 2018 case relating to the orchestrating the release of a militant through a fatal attack on a police party at a Srinagar hospital.
Of the eight properties, five belong to the accused Mohammad Shafi Wani and three to Mohammad Tikka Khan- both residents of Singoo Narbal in Pulwama district.
“These properties have been attached under Section 33 (1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in pursuance of the recent orders of the NIA Special Court, Jammu- a move going full throttle against terrorist organisations and operatives operating in Kashmir,” the NIA said.
The attached immovable properties of Wani and Khan, both identified as over ground Workers of LeT, include various plots of land. The residential house of Shafi has also been attached.
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The two accused were arrested from their Pulwama homes on February 8, 2018, and were found to be in possession of weapons. They were charge-sheeted on August 3, 2018, and are currently facing trial under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code, Arms Act 1959 and Sections Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.
“The case involved the killing of two personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police during firing on a police party escorting LeT terrorist Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hanzla to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital Srinagar (SMHS) Hospital, Srinagar, for a medical examination on February 6, 2018,” the agency said.
Jatt, a Pakistani origin commander of LeT escaped after the two accused attacked the police escort on orders from their Pakistan-based LeT commanders.
Jatt got killed in an encounter with the security forces later in 2018.
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