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The court passed the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

New Delhi: A Delhi Court Wednesday issued summons against Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin and others in a money laundering case related to allegedly receiving funds of nearly Rs 80 crore from Pakistan for carrying out terror activities across India.
The court passed the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
“I have gone through the complaint as well as the documents/ evidence annexed with the complaint. After perusing the record, I take cognizance of offence u/s 3 of PMLA punishable u/s 4 of PMLA. Summons be issued to the accused persons for February 7, 2022,” Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh said.
Besides Salahuddin, the court also summoned Muhammad Shafi Shah, Talib Lali, Gulam Nabi Khan, Umer Farooq Shera, Manzoor Ahmed Dar, Zaffar Hussain Bhat, Nazir Ahmad Dar, Abdul Majeed Sofi and Mubarak Shah.

The court noted the submission made by ED’s special public prosecutor Nitesh Rana, who said that during the investigation, summons were issued to some of the Indian firms involved in barter trading and statements of three of the firms were recorded.
Rana submitted that the HM was involved in funding over Rs 80 crore for terrorist activities in India.
During the investigation, evidence was collected from various authorities and statements of accused was recorded, he told the court.
The ED also attached several properties during the investigation.
According to the ED, the accused persons, “in connivance with co-conspirators and associates, carried out several terrorist acts, raised, collected and received funds from Pakistan through different medium for its expenditure and distribution to active cadres of HM and other terrorist outfits, purchase of material used for explosives and terrorist acts and abetment of terrorist acts”.

Srinagar, Dec 08: After fetching good rates throughout the autumn, the fruit growers in Kashmir are now witnessing a down market as rates have been continuously decreasing in different Indian markets since fortnight.

Growers from different areas of Kashmir told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that usually the rates of apples increase after ending November but this year the rates have started declining due to the growers whose produce is yet to reach markets are very much worried.

Abdul Rashid, a grower from Shopian said that he is yet to send his 300 apple boxes as he was waiting for rates to increase but instead of increasing, “rates are decreasing with each passing day.”

He said that rates have decreased from 200 to 300 per box in the last 15 days and the farmers whose most produce is Kashmir are very much worried.

Bashir Ahmad Basheer, chairman Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union (KVFGDU) while talking with KNO said that around 35 percent of the produce are still lying in cold storage units.

He said that the main reason behind the decrease in rates of apples is financial crunch besides the threat of a third wave of Covid which could lead to lockdown.

Basheer said the other reasons for the decline in the rates include the import of the apples from Iran which are reaching Delhi on a daily basis, cold waves in northern states of India and continuous rains in different southern states.

“The rates are down by around 20 percent as compared to the rates which were in autumn,” he said—(KNO)

Srinagar, Dec 08: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has asked the Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation Athar Amir Khan to show the authority under which he is holding the post.

According to Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) three Srinagar Municipal Corporation Corporators have filed a petition against the Commissioner in the High Court through their lawyer Advocate Shuja Ul Haq challenging the appointment of Khan as SMC Commissioner and claiming that he lacks the eligibility for the post.

Citing Section 45 of SMC, the petitioners have claimed that the Commissioner lacks eligibility for the post.

As per Section 45 of the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation can be appointed by the Government by issuing a notification in the Government Gazette and the person/s to be appointed must be Class (1) officer of the Government, having the service of not less than 15 years.

“It is pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondent No. 4 is an IAS officer of 2016 batch and, therefore, having service of less than 15 years in the Government,” the Court observed.

The court said that Prima facie, this Court finds substance in the submissions made by the learned Counsel for the petitioner.

Khan, who is a 2016 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan Cadre was deputed in February this year by centre government to JK UT and posted as Commissioner SMC. (KDC)

Says BJP should stop politics of hatred otherwise India won’t survive

Jammu, Dec 07: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that they will rise above oppression and will get back what has been snatched.

As per Kashmir News Service (KNS), addressing party workers at Jammu, Abdullah said that NC wants to bring back the Gandhian India and definitely “we will win this struggle. It is the nation of Gandhi and we will always follow his footsteps to save the nation.”

He said that Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to  India because of the democratic principles and non-violent policies of Mahatma Gandhi.

“They had put their trust on Gandhian India and not on Godse India. Without any discrimination the people of Jammu and Kashmir have accepted everyone,” Farooq said, adding that every religion is equally respected in here, but still the people are being deprived of their rights.

Abdullah said that PM Modi had promised to remove “Dil ki doori and Delhi ki doori,” but nothing substantial has been done o. ground.

“I want to ask him that what has he done till today to remove this alienation. Instead of removing the alienation, more policies and measures are forced upon the people in order to further widen the gap between New Delhi and JK. What has  PM Modi done to win the hearts of people,” he questioned.

He said that after the sacrifice of over 700 farmers and the apprehensions of defeat in the elections in 5 states of India, the government of India has accepted to repeal the farm laws.

“The centre only works to win elections and not for the prosperity of the nation. I want to tell them that stop this politics of hatred otherwise India won’t survive. They should focus on deeds rather than religion so that the nation can be saved from collapsing,” he said.

Abdullah said that no military power can save the nation as only the citizens of India can save it but the government is trying to divide the people based on religion just for their vested interests of power.

“I declare that we will rise above their oppression and will get back our rights. No one can suppress us and we have always resorted to non-violence. Definitely we will win this struggle,” he said.

Abdullah is also said that like Moosa (AS) saved Bani Israel from Phiraon, “likewise Moosa (AS) will also come and will save.” (KNS)

December 07: Cyber Police Kashmir Zone, Srinagar has recovered missing mobile phones worth lakhs of rupees and handed over to the rightful owners.

In order to extend the services to the general public and to redress their grievances, Cyber Police Kashmir is receiving applications/ complaints from the general public about missing of their cell phones. This is apart from various online frauds, scams and other Cyber related crimes which are being reported in Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone on routine basis.

A constant 24×7 effort is being made by Cyber Police Kashmir through special teams to investigate such crimes besides tracing missing mobile phones by using advanced technological and conventional methods. Cyber Police therefore remains on the forefront in helping the citizens in various technological challenges being faced by the citizens in their day to day life.

Cyber Police Kashmir was successful in its efforts by tracing 53 such missing smart cell phones of various makes and models worth lakhs of rupees and were accordingly handed over to the rightful owners today at Cyber Police Station Headquarters Srinagar.

On the directions of IGP Kashmir Zone, various awareness campaigns and programmes have also been initiated by the Cyber Police Kashmir, wherein general public is made aware about various contemporary online frauds and scams etc.

General public has appreciated and applauded the role & efforts of Cyber Police Kashmir in rendering such services to the general public.

Srinagar, Dec 06: The families of Hyderpora victims are pinning hopes on a magisterial probe even though the additional deputy commissioner (ADC) probing the incident is yet to submit his final report.

Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) family of Hyderpora victims said that till now they don’t have any information about the submission of the report officially but are waiting for the report with hopes of justice.

“As LG Manoj Sinha has given us high hopes that the culprit will be booked and assured us that there is no place for injustice, we are waiting with very high hopes,” the family said.

Notably Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha in a tweet after the encounter said, “A magisterial inquiry by an officer of ADM rank has been ordered in the Hyderpora encounter. The government will take suitable action as soon as the report is submitted in a time-bound manner. JK admin reiterates commitment of protecting lives of innocent civilians it will ensure there is no injustice (sic).”

Following the protest by the two families, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on November 19 exhumed the bodies of the two civilians killed in the encounter and handed them over to their families for the last rites. Sources told KNO even after 15 days of the Hyderpora encounter, ADC is yet to submit his report to the government—(KNO)

Blasphemous content was a direct attack on Muslim sentiments and deserves stern punishment: IF President

Srinagar: Strongly condemning the blasphemous content published by a Delhi-based publication – Jay Cee Publications, Islamic Fraternity Jammu and Kashmir (IF) has appealed to people in general and booksellers in particular, to boycott and blacklist the publishing company.
President Islamic Fraternity, Muhammad Aamir, said that the blasphemous content was a direct attack on Muslim sentiments and deserves strong condemnations and stern punishment for this act.
“This is not an ordinary mistake. This act (of publishing blasphemous content) amounts to ridiculing the base of Muslim faith, for which a Muslim would die thousand times to stop such people from committing such anti-Islamic acts,” Aamir said.
He appealed general public, particularly booksellers, parents, school heads, and scholars to blacklist the company and boycott all the publications from this publishing house as a mark of protest against the blasphemous act.
Welcoming the swift action by the district administration of Srinagar which registered a case against the bookseller for selling the particular books from the above publication, IF president hoped that the order will be followed by punishment for those who were directly or indirectly involved in this criminal act.
“This isn’t the first time that we are seeing our Deen being ridiculed by anti-Islamic elements but in the past, similar acts have been committed by such elements and were let free without any punishment. However, this time, it won’t be the case. We want this publication to be banned across India,” Aamir said.
He also appealed to Muslims all over India to wake up to the realities and protect the sanctity of Islam. “They (Indian Muslims) should boycott and blacklist this publication to prevent these elements from harming Islam”.