NIA raids multiple places in J&K in terror funding case
Jamaat-e-Islami was declared an unlawful association in 2019, but it continued to raise funds in various forms on the pretext of charitable purposes.
Jamaat-e-Islami was declared an unlawful association in 2019, but it continued to raise funds in various forms on the pretext of charitable purposes.
Sources said that the NIA teams led by a DIG early in the morning searched houses of Jamaat leaders in fourteen districts of the union territory (UT).
Urging Muslims of the country to respect the law, the Jamaat stated, “A large number of Hindu brothers have been with us at the time of Babri Masjid debacle. “Hence,we feel it is our duty to show maturity in the steps that we take henceforth.”
The Home Ministry order said that the TMG would ensure synergised and concerted action against terror financing and other terror related activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
Banning organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami and JKLF will have far reaching consequences and such measures will only increase the level of alienation and frustration among the people, says Mehbooba Mufti
Gupta alleged that Mehbooba “while in Jammu was busy playing divisive and communal politics by attempting to break centuries-old brotherhood, bonding and bonhomie between the Gujjars and Dogras, in Kashmir she was relentlessly working for JeI and pursuing the agenda laid down by Hurriyat”.
The CBI had recently filed a petition in the state high court seeking transfer of cases against Malik to Jammu from Srinagar.
The Kashmir-centric political parties and trade bodies were describing this as tampering with the Article 35A.
The Central government has banned Jamaat-e-Islami J&K under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, declaring it an "unlawful association"
The notification on the ban was issued by the MHA after a high-level meeting on security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
