ED attaches 13 assets in J&K in terror funding probe against Syed Salahuddin

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached 13 assets located in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror financing case against Pakistan-based terrorist Syed Salahuddin, the chief of the globally banned outfit

Hizbul Mujahideen

.

The central probe agency issued a provisional order under the

Prevention of Money Laundering Act

(PMLA) to attach the properties worth Rs 1.22 crore, which it said belonged to Mohammad Shafi Shah, a resident of Bandipora, and six other residents of the state who allegedly worked for the terror outfit.

The ED said it filed a criminal case of

money laundering

in this instance after taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed against Salahuddin, Shah and others under the

Unlawful Activities Prevention Action

(UAPA).

"Hizbul Mujahideen, the most active terror outfit in Kashmir, has been responsible for funding terrorist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Headed by Syed Salahuddin, its self-styled commander based out of Rawalpindi in Pakistan, it funds terrorism on Indian soil through monies organised by a trust called JKART (Jammu and Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust) in alleged connivance with ISI and other Pakistan-based entities," the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a statement.

It said probe found that "terror funds" were being sent to India through hawala and other channels.

Shah is lodged in the

Tihar jail

in the national capital in connection with an alleged terror funding case, it said.