Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 19: After pleading guilty in the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, Yasin Malik, a Kashmiri separatist leader was found guilty by a Special NIA Court in Delhi on Thursday.
The arguments on the quantum of sentences will be heard on May 25. Malik has been asked to provide an affidavit addressing his financial assessment.
In March of this year, Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh filed charges against Malik and others in the case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Malik, on the other hand, had pleaded guilty to the accusations.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Salahuddin, Rashid Engineer, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shahid-ul-Islam, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Fantoosh, Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Bitta Karate, and others have been charged and claimed trial. Three people, Kamran Yusuf, Javed Ahmad Bhatt, and Syedah Aasiya Firdous Andrabi, were released by the court.
Various terrorist organizations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Jaish-e- Mohd. (JeM), with the support of ISI had perpetrated violence in the Kashmir valley by attacking civilians and security forces, according to the charge sheet.
