WATCH | NIA attaches terror outfit Al-Umar chief Mushtaq Latram's property in Srinagar; was released during IC-814 hijacking
Al-Umar Chief Mushtaq Zargar alias Latram was arrested on 15 May 1992 and later released in 1999, along with Jaish chief Masood Azhar and Sheikh Omar. They were exchanged for passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 in 1999.
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Srinagar, Mar 2: In yet another significant development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached the house of Al-Umar Chief Mushtaq Zargar alias Latram at Gani Mohalla in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar.
This development came after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared Zargar, "presently in Pakistan", as designated "Terrorist" under the UAPA.
Reports suggest an NIA team, assisted by local police and paramilitary CRPF, attached the property of Latram situated in Nowhatta area of Srinagar early this morning.
According to a NIA spokesperson, Zargar’s two Marlas house (Khasra No. 182) at Ganai Mohalla, Jamia Masjid, Nowhatta, Srinagar, has been attached under the provisions of UAPA.
Founder of Al Umer Mujahideen Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar's (Mushtaq Latram) property seized by NIA by order of Ministry of home affairs in jamia masjid #Srinagar pic.twitter.com/3VBQV9YTni
— Sajid Sidiq (@SajidsidiqAni) March 2, 2023
Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and later released in 1999, along with Jaish chief Masood Azhar and Sheikh Omar. They were exchanged for passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 in 1999.
The plane, which was en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, was hijacked and flown to Kandahar.
