The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a major terror funding module of the Pakistan-based Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) as the agency carried out major search operation at multiple places in Daryaganj, Nizamuddin and Kucha Ghasiram areas in the national Capital on Tuesday. The agency arrested three persons and seized over Rs 1.5 crore cash besides incriminating materials including laptops and pen drives during the searches.
The NIA on Tuesday conducted searches at the premises of Mohammad Salman Mohammad Salim alias Mama, resident of Daryaganj and Rajaram and Company at Kucha Ghasiram and seized Rs 1.56 crore cash in Indian currency and Rs 43,000 Nepalese currency, 14 mobiles phones, 5 pen drives and several incriminating documents.
Following the seizure of incriminating material, NIA has arrested three persons--FIF operative Mohammad Salman (52), Hawala conduit Mohammad Salim (62) and Hawala courier Sajjad Abdul Wani (34) who is a resident of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
FIF Terror Funding case was registered by NIA on July 2 this year under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
According to the FIR, some Delhi-based individuals were receiving funds from FIF operatives based abroad and were using the same to further the terror activities. .
The NIA probe revealed that one Mohammad Salman, resident of Nizamuddin area here was in regular touch with one Dubai-based Pakistani national, who in turn is connected with the Deputy Chief of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a front-end organisation of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT).
“The accused person has been receiving funds, being sent by FIF operators and his associates, through Hawala operators. Accused persons along with other persons in various countries including Pakistan, UAE etc are sending money through Hawala to India to further their nefarious activities and create unrest in India and carry out the terrorist activities,” the NIA said in a statement.
The Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation is based in Lahore, Pakistan and was established by Jamat-ud-Dawah. It is a frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), a terror organisation banned under UAPA in India. The FIF was founded in 1990 by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is designated as Global Terrorist by the USA.
The FIF is also banned under the UA (P) A and under the provisions of the Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of Security Council Resolutions) Order 2016. Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation was also designated as a Terrorist entity by the USA in 2010. Investigation is continuing to unearth the larger conspiracy, to collect evidence and to arrest the other accused persons, added the agency.