NIA court awards 12 and 10-year jail terms to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists
Out of four terrorists, two of the terrorists, Md Shafi Shah and Muzaffar Ahmad Dar have been sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment, while the other two, Talib Lali and Mushtaq Ahmad Lone have been sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years.
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New Delhi, October 26: In the major development, the National Investigation Agency court has awarded 12 and 10 years of imprisonment to the 4 Hizbul Mujahedeen terrorists in the Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust (JKART) case, and for conspiring to commit terror activities in India.
Out of four terrorists, two of the terrorists, Md Shafi Shah and Muzaffar Ahmad Dar have been sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment, while the other two, Talib Lali and Mushtaq Ahmad Lone have been sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years.
The Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh passed a judgment against Mohd Shafi Shah alias Doctor, Talib Lali, Muzzafar Ahmad Dar, and Mushtaq Ahmad Lone under various charges dealing with criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, under provisions of UAPA.
"The convicts have been convicted for conspiring to commit terror activities in India and of conspiracy of waging war against the Government of India. In furtherance of this conspiracy, the convicts had engaged in the activities of terror financing", the court said.
In July, the same court had framed charges against all four men and had observed that the terror outfit had formed a frontal organisation-- Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust (JKART), whose purpose was to fund terror activities. The trust was created to mainly provide funds for the terrorists and their families.
"Being based in Pakistan, documentary evidence such as the audit report of the trust is hard to come by. However, the protected witnesses have disclosed and have prima facie established by their statements that JKART is the frontal organization of HM. Thus, a larger conspiracy to wage war against Government of India, to commit terrorist activities and funding of those terrorist activities have been prima facie established by evidence," the court had said.
The NIA had registered a case on October 25, 2011, against Syed Salahuddin, Ameer (Hizb-ul-Mujahideen), Mehboob-ul-Haq, Masroor Dar, Masood Sarfaraz, Ameer (Hizb-e-Islami), and others.
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