Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Friday claimed to have apprehended a fugitive at Srinagar International Airport who was based and operating out of the Middle Eastern Arab State of Oman. The accused has been found to be involved in the militancy funding case, FIR No. 09/2021, Police Station SIA Kashmir, according to a statement issued by the agency.
According to the statement, the accused Danish Ahmad Koul, son of Bashir Ahmad Koul, a resident of the Tibetan Colony in Hawal Srinagar who works at a business establishment in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman, was found to have been involved in "funding active militants by way of financing them through his valley-based OGW network."
"In accordance with the terms of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967, as amended, a complaint FIR No. 09/2021 was filed at Police Station SIA Kashmir on August 10, 2021, alleging that active militants from Srinagar and South Kashmir were waging war against the Union of India," the SIA said in the statement.
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According to the SIA, it was found during the course of the investigation that the accused, along with another financier and local accomplice named Hammad Farooq Tramboo, who is the son of Farooq Ahmad Tramboo of Kachgari Mohalla Soura Srinagar, were channeling significant sums of money raised by ISI and Pakistan-based Lashkar-I-Toiba-TRF handlers and masters for distribution among militants of the said proscribed organizations and families of slain militants in the UT of J&K under a deep-rooted criminal conspiracy.
Danish Ahmad Koul remained at large, and his capture was eagerly anticipated because he did not participate in the case's questioning sessions while the inquiry was ongoing, the SIA said. Hammad Farooq, meanwhile, was already standing trial in the mentioned case at the court of Special Judge NIA in Srinagar, it added.
The two, according to SIA, had three additional conduits hired in Srinagar on the directions of Pakistani handlers to facilitate the transfer of money among adversaries in the UT of J&K, the statement added. The SIA said that the amount of money that was injected into the UT of J&K to support militant plans to scare the population and overwhelm government institutions in order to separate the UT of J&K from the Union of India has been estimated to be in the millions of INR (Indian National Rupee), the statement reads.
“The investigation has so far revealed a serious criminal conspiracy, and it is anticipated that it will provide more precise leads for more arrests soon,” reads the statement.
