28th July, Srinagar: Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir members were charged by the Special Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Friday. The charge sheet was submitted in connection with FIR No. 17/2019, a March 1, 2019, Police Station Batamaloo, Section 10 UA(P) Act case that was subsequently moved to SIA Kashmir in December 2021.
The chargesheet against Abdul Salam Dagga, son of Ghulam Muhammad of Baghi Islam, Lal Nagar, Chanapora, Srinagar, was filed by the SIA Kashmir on Friday before the Special UAPA (TADA and POTA) Court, Srinagar. A separate chargesheet was also filed against another accused, Muhammad Shafi Dar, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dar of Barzulla Baghat, Srinagar, who passed away.
The SIA said that 188 properties that were either in possession of or registered in the name of the illegal group JeI J&K were discovered during the course of the investigation in Kashmir.
Of the 188 identified properties, it said that 58 properties spread out over Kashmir had been notified by the District Magistrates in accordance with Section 8 of the UAPA.
The unlawful group, which had been discovered engaging in a number of illegal actions, was determined to have financial resources and a support system that needed to be disrupted by this non-investigative approach.
