The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has attached the house of two brothers, accused in a Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror case, in Amritsar district of Punjab. The residential property of the brothers, Bikramjit Singh alias Bikram Singh and Maninder Singh alias Mani, has been attached under Section 25(1) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after its designation as 'proceeds of terrorism.' The two brothers were earlier arrested by the NIA in the case. The NIA has already filed four chargesheets (including three supplementary chargesheets) against 13 accused under the relevant sections of the UAPA, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Indian Penal Code in the case registered on May 8, 2020).
The case relates to a conspiracy hatched by a narco terror module to smuggle large quantities of drugs into India from Pakistan. "The drugs were being smuggled in the garb of rock salt imported from across the border. The sale proceeds of the smuggled drugs were being used to create movable and immovable properties in Punjab, besides being channelized to fund terrorists of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in the Kashmir Valley," a NIA statement said.