SIU attaches 4 houses for sheltering militants

SIU teams attaching a house in Srinagar on Monday. - Excelsior/Shakeel
SIU teams attaching a house in Srinagar on Monday. - Excelsior/Shakeel

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 27: The State Investigation Unit (SIU) today attached four houses in Srinagar for providing “willful” shelter to The Resistance Front and Lashkar-e-Toiba militants.
Police said that SIU-II, Srinagar today attached four residential houses, 3 in Barthana Qamarwari and one at Sangam Eidgah Srinagar for providing shelter to militants.
The spokesman said that the orders were issued in exercise of power conferred U/S 25 of the UAPA. “The information of attachment of properties was submitted to designated authority,” the spokesman added.
The residential houses belonged to Shaheena wife of Mohammad Yunis Nath, Asif Nath son of Mohammad Yunis Nath, Altaf Ahmed Dar son of Mohammad Abdullah, Mudasir Ahmed Mir son of Mohammad Sultan, resident of Barthena in Qamarwari area of Srinagar and Abdul Rehman Bhat son of Abdul Salam Bhat, resident of Sangam area of Eidgah in Srinagar.
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“The team on spot directed the concerned that there should be no alteration or otherwise to the attached properties without the prior permission of the designated Authority,” he said.
It may be mentioned here that Police Station Parimpora last year in May had received a reliable information and registered a case (FIR No 127/2022 u/s 153A 153 B 505 IPC) and in its continued investigation, a module was found involved in hiding and providing logistical support to active militants of TRF and LeT. The spokesman said that searches resulted in the arrest of the involved persons.
“Also during the investigation it was found that the militants had been sheltered in the said residential houses. During the course of investigation proceeding U/S 24/25 UA(P) Act was initiated,” he said.
“Later proper accord of approval for attachment of houses was received” he added.
“Besides, the charge sheet of the case was presented before the Court in December last year against 13 accused persons including active militants of TRF and LeT for the logical judicial determination. The investigation of the case is still going on u/s 173(8),” he said.