SRINAGAR: National Investigation Agency (NIA), Tuesday filed a supplementary chargesheet agianst two Punjab residents for their inovelement in the Hizb-narco case.
In a statement issued here, the agency said that today (05.01.2021), NIA filed Supplementary Charge-sheet in Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) Narco- Case in the NIA Special Court, Mohali, Punjab u/s 120B, 419, 471, 201 IPC, sections 8 r/w 21, 27A and 29 of NDPS Act and sections 17, 18 & 20 of UA (P) Act against narco-militants Jaswant Singh alias Jassa r/o Gurdaspur and Gursant Singh alias Gora r/o Tarn Taran, Punjab. Both the accused persons were involved in collection, distribution and selling of Heroin smuggled from Pakistan as also in collection and channelization of proceeds so generated for furthering the activities of HM.
“Accused Gursant Singh was one of the important members of militant gang and as a close associate of prime accused Iqbal Singh alias Shera was responsible for safe movement of Heroin and proceeds to various places/unknown persons. Investigation has also brought out that he has purchased many immoveable properties and luxury cars to be used as hide outs and for transportation of drugs and proceeds,” the NIA statement issued to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
The statement said that earlier, a chargesheet was filed on 20.10.2020 against ten accused persons namely Hilal Ahmed Shergojri, r/o dist- Pulwama (J&K) (Arrested), Bikram Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Maninder Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Ranjit Singh, r/o dist- Gurdaspur (Arrested), Jaswant Singh, r/o dist- Gurdaspur (Arrested), Ranjit Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Gagandeep Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Arrested), Iqbal Singh, r/o dist- Amritsar (Absconding), Zafar Hussain Bhat, r/o dist.- Anantnag (J&K), presently in Pakistan (Absconding) and Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, r/o dist- Pulwama (J&K) (Killed) u/s 120B, 419, 471, 489C of IPC, sections 8, 21, 23, 12 24, 25, 27, 27A, 29 & 31 of NDPS Act, sections 17, 18, 20, 38 and 40 of UA(P) Act and section 12(1)(b) of Indian Passports Act in the Special NIA Court, Mohali, Punjab.
“This case arose out of PS Sadar Amritsar Case no. 135 dated 25.04.2020 pertaining to arrest of one Hilal Ahmed Shergojri and recovery of Rs. 29 Lacs from his possession, by Punjab Police on 25.04.2020. NIA took up the investigation of the case on 08.05.2020,” the statement said.
“During investigation by NIA, it emerged that accused Hilal, who had come to Amritsar to collect the amount of Rs 29 Lacs, was a member of proscribed militant organization Hizb-ul –Mujahideen (HM) and a close associate of Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, the then HM commander of Kashmir Valley,” the statement added.
“This led to busting of a major Narco-terror module involved in smuggling and selling of Heroin in India and channelizing of drug-proceeds to Pakistan through hawala and to the HM militants based in J&K at the behest of HM militants based in Pakistan,” the statement said, adding that further investigation against the absconding accused is on.