The Enforcement Directorate of India has got a non-bailable arrest
warrant against Shabbir Shah, a Kashmiri separatist and this has made
the Latest national news. Shabir will be arrested this week for not
obeying the summons issued to him by the agencies for over 8 times in
last two years. He is alleged to receive money from Pakistani committees
through hawala channels.
In a statement, a senior ED official
confirms that Shabor will be arrested this week by the agency. The
official said, "Shabir Shah was given sufficient opportunities to appear
before the directorate through summons but he willfully avoided the
investigation without any reasonable cause."
In a thorough
investigation, ED found that there are, any properties in name of Shah
across the nation that were bought from unaccounted money. "The source
of money through which he has acquired these properties is not known and
he has been asked to join probe to give proof of income for acquiring
such assets," the official added.
In 2005, the first case was
registered against Shah by the special cell of Delhi Police wherein a
hawala dealer was seized with 63 laky rupees in his possession who later
confessed that the money was supposed to be delivered to Shah in
Srinagar. When probed further, the results claimed that Shah has been
receiving money from various Pakistani Channels for subversive
activities in India.
Hawala dealer from J&K, Mohammad Aslam Wani was arrested by Delhi Police 5 kg of explosives, a pistol with 15
live cartridges and Rs 63 lakh. "During the investigation, Wani
disclosed he was working as a carrier for Shabir for the last few years.
His job was to collect hawala money from Delhi and deliver it to Shah
in Srinagar," the official said. A Delhi trial court has convicted Wani
in the case.
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