Srinagar Aug 04 :- In Jammu and Kashmir, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday raided seven locations in Baramulla, Kupwara and Poonch, busting terror funding through bitcoin. Among them are two women. Digital devices, SIM cards, mobile phones and many important documents have been seized in this action. This action has been taken on the basis of an FIR registered under UAPA at Counter Intelligence Police Station in Srinagar. The suspects will be interrogated after analyzing the seized evidence.
This case pertains to the financing of terrorism through bitcoin. The details that are being probed initially include a mastermind from Pakistan. He is sending money to his agents with the support of Pakistani intelligence agencies and terrorist organizations operating in Pakistan. This money is for distribution among terrorist organizations, separatists for promoting mass violence and terrorist activities in J&K.
Police said that the Pakistani mastermind has been identified, however, keeping in mind the further action, all this information is being kept confidential. The houses searched on Wednesday included Zahida Bano, a resident of Hajinaka Manigah Hahama area of Kupwara district, Ghulam Mujtaba Didar of Lone Hari, Kupwara, Tamjida Begum of Handwara, Yasir Ahmed Mir of Dewan Bagh Baramulla, Mohammad Syed Masoodi of Tranzpora Baramulla. , Gagarian Mandi of Poonch’s Farooq Ahmed and Dharana Mendhar’s Imran Chaudhary’s house.
Use of bank account outside Jammu and Kashmir
In the preliminary investigation, evidence has come to the fore that the money from Pakistan reached these people. The investigation revealed that money was sent to the accounts of these people through bitcoin so that it was not easily disclosed from where the money was received. However, the bank accounts used in the meantime are from outside Jammu and Kashmir. International bitcoin trade was used to make Pakistani money appear as white money.
In terror funding, the houses of two including military porter were also searched
In the terror funding case, the State Agency (SIA) raided the houses of two people, including an army porter, in Derana of Mendhar bordering LoC and village Gagdian in Mandi tehsil. During the investigation, many documents related to the bank accounts of both the people, Aadhar card, mobile and SIM card etc. were confiscated.
On Wednesday morning, two teams of SIA led by a DSP rank officer reached Poonch. A team along with the Mendhar police station and from there the local police reached Imran Ahmed’s house in Darana village near the Line of Control. The team confiscated all the bank documents and other documents after searching the house. While the other team reached Mandi police station.
From there, the local police reached the house of Army porter Ghulam Rasool resident of Gagdian village on the Line of Control. Along with searching the house, mobile, SIM card, bank documents were confiscated. According to sources, this action of SIA has been done under the FIR registered at Outer Intelligence Police Station Srinagar.(AGENCIES)
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