Bandipora, Dec 6: Police in Bandipora attached a 14-marla residential land at Ashtengoo Bandipora belonging to the family of a “terror associate” of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday.
A statement of J&K Police issued here said that the land, registered in the name of Mukhtar Bhat, the father of the accused Irfan Ahmad Bhat, was identified as “proceeds of terrorism” in a case filed against him in 2022, the Police said in a notice sent to the accused.
They said that the case pertains to the recovery of explosives and other incriminating material from his possession under case FIR No 43/2022 under sections 23 UA(P) Act, 04 and Explosive Substance Act of Police Station Bandipora.
The Police said that the land had been put under restrictions and could not be transferred, leased out, disposed of, or changed in any way without the prior permission of the designated authority.
The statement said that any violation of this order would attract penal provisions of law, they warned.
The Police also said that Irfan’s brother had exfiltrated to Pakistan in 2000 and was suspected to be involved in terrorist activities.
The Police also tweeted about the action on Wednesday, saying: “Bandipora Police has attached 14 Marla of residential land at Ashtengoo Bandipora in case FIR No 43/2022. The land had been identified as proceeds of terrorism and was attached under the UAPA. The land belongs to the family of a terror associate of LeT, Irfan Ahmad Bhat. His brother had also exfiltrated to Pakistan in 2000.”