The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has made the first arrest in the NGO terror funding case of Jammu and Kashmir.
Following comprehensive investigations into the NGO Terror funding case registered in October 2020, the NIA arrested Irfan Mehraj from Srinagar late on Monday.
Mehraj was a close associate of Khurram Parvez and was working with his organization, Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS), the agency said in a statement.
“Investigation revealed that the JKCCS was funding terror activities in the Valley and had also been in the propagation of a secessionist agenda in the Valley under the garb of protection of human rights,” it said.
Involvement of some Valley-based NGOs, Trusts and Societies in funding of terror related activities is being probed in this case.
Some NGOs, both registered as well as unregistered, have come to notice for collecting funds domestically and abroad under the cover of doing charity and various welfare activities, including public health and education.
But some of these organisations have developed links with proscribed terrorist organizations, such as Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) among others.
In a separate case, the NIA has filed the first supplementary chargesheet against one overground worker of proscribed terrorist organization Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Md. Rafi Najar under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Jammu and Kashmir Terrorism Conspiracy Case.
The case relates to the conspiracy hatched by the proscribed terrorist organisations, such as Lashkar-e-Toida (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammaed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), along with their frontal organisations, such as TRF and PAFF, and their Over Ground Workers operating in Jammu and Kashmir to undertake violent militant action in Kashmir valley and in other major cities of India, including Delhi.
“Investigations in the case had earlier established the connections of Commanders of these proscribed organisations based in Pakistan with their operatives in Kashmir valley to recruit and train the youth in handling of arms and explosives,” the agency said.