NIA attaches properties of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son in Kashmir under UAPA

New Delhi, April 24: In a significant move, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday attached the properties of Syed Ahmed Shakeel, the younger son of dreaded terrorist and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in Srinagar's Budgam of Kashmir, under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967.

 

NIA officials were seen attaching notice over the attachment of the properties of Syed Ahmed Shakeel.

 

 

"This is to inform everyone that immovable property Survey No. 1917/1566, 1567, and 1568 located at Revenue Estate, Nursing Garh, Mohalla Ram Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, and under the ownership of Syed Ahmad Shakeel (son of Syed Yousuf Shah, also known as Syed Salahuddin, a ‘listed militant’ under UA(P) Act, 1967), is now attached under sub-section 33 (1) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 by order of the Special NIA Court in New Delhi," the notice read.

 

 

This is huge step to curb terror activities in Kashmir, especially by the terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.

 

Earlier in 2021, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has sacked two sons - Syed Ahmad Shakeel and Shahid Yousuf - of Syed Salahuddin from their government jobs after they were found indulging in terror activities.

 

The NIA had reportedly tracked terror funding trails of both sons of Syed Salahuddin. The agency said both the sons were found to be involved in raising, receiving, collecting, and transferring funds through Hawala transactions for terror activities of Hizbul Mujahideen.

 

Syed Ahmad Shakeel, the second son of Mohammed Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahuddin worked as a lab technician at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura. Meanwhile, Shahid Yousuf, the elder son of the Hizbul chief, was working in the agriculture department of the Jammu and Kashmir government.