New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed chargesheets on Tuesday against three persons including two locals allegedly affiliated with an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The charges relate to attacks involving sticky bombs, IEDs, and small arms in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to NIA statement, one of the accused includes a ‘Pakistani national’ identified as Habibullah Malik.
“He has been found to have been involved in various militant attacks in Pir Panchal’s Poonch and Rajouri districts,” reads the statement.
“Habibullah, along with Hilal Yaqooob Deva and Musaib Fayaz Baba, both hailing from Shopian, has been named in the supplementary chargesheet filed today before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, under the relevant sections of IPC and UA (P) Act, 1967,” it reads.
It added that the Supplementary chargesheet follows investigations in the case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) registered suo-motu by the NIA on 21st June 2022.
“The case relates to a conspiracy hatched physically as well as in cyberspace by various proscribed organisations to spread fear and disrupt peace in J&K.”
It reads that investigations revealed that the trio had entered into a criminal conspiracy to carry out attacks on security forces and others in Jammu and Kashmir with the intention to wage war against India.
“Habibullah Malik was an active Commander of Pakistan-based The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the proscribed LeT outfit. He was engaged in motivating vulnerable Kashmiri youth to join militancy,” reads the statement.
It further reads that as per NIA investigations, Habibullah had radicalised the other two accused, Hilal and Musiab, both of whom had started working as Over Ground Workers (OGWs) for him.
“On Habibullah’s directions, the two OWGs had collected and transported funds and weapons from/to his other OGWs to facilitate and support terror attacks in J&K,” added the statement.
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