NIA busts 3 of Hafiz Saeed's Falah-e-Insaniyat operatives in Delhi
NIA in Delhi busted a major terror funding racket linked to Hafiz Saeed-run LeT.
In Short
- NIA arrested three FIF operatives
- They were arrested from New Delhi
- Arrested persons are part of major terror funding racket
In a major operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday busted a major terror funding racket of Hafiz Saeed-run Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) arm Falah-e-Insaniyat (FIF) in Delhi.
The anti-terror probe agency arrested three persons.
The arrested includes FIF operative Mohammad Salman (52) who was arrested from Nizamuddin, hawala conduit Mohammad Salim (62) who was arrested from Daryaganj and Hawala courier Sajjad Abdul Wani (34) of Srinagar.
Mohammad Salman from Mewat is said to be an old hawala dealer who was in regular touch with one Dubai-based Pakistani national, who in turn is connected with the deputy chief of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a front-end organisation of proscribed terror group LeT.
NIA spokesperson Alok Mittal told India Today, "The trio led by Salman was involved in terror funding through hawala. At this stage more arrests are not being ruled out."
Accused persons along with other persons in various countries including Pakistan and the UAE are sending money through hawala to India to advance their nefarious activities and create unrest in India and carry out the terrorist activities.
MAJOR OPERATION
In a major operation carried out on Wednesday, NIA busted FIF terror funding module as it carried out searches at multiple places in Daryaganj, Nizamuddin and Kucha Ghasiram areas in Delhi.
The agency sleuths seized Rs 1.56 crore cash, Rs 43,000 in Napali currency, 14 mobile phones, five pen drives and several other incriminating documents.
FIF Terror Funding case was registered in July, this year.
As per the FIR registered by the agency, some Delhi-based individuals were receiving funds from FIF operatives based abroad and were using the same to advance the terror activities.
The accused person has been receiving funds being sent by FIF operators and their associates through hawala operators.
FALAH-E-INSANIYAT FOUNDATION
Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation is a Lahore, Pakistan-based organisation established by Jamat-ud-Dawa. It is a front-end organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba, a terror organisation proscribed under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
It was founded in 1990 by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is designated as global terrorist by the USA.
FIF is placed on the list of terrorist organisations as per entry 33 in the First Schedule to the UAPA read with Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of Security Council Resolutions) Order 2016.