Srinagar, June 17: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took significant action on Wednesday by seizing the property of an accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir.
According to NIA sources, the agency confiscated the immovable property of the accused, Shaheen Ahmed Lone, a resident of Kanispora village in North Kashmir. Shaheen, son of the late Nazir Ahmed Lone, has already been arrested in this case.
The seized property includes 7.5 marlas of land registered under survey number 1192 in Kanispora village.
Sources indicated that this action was taken under Section 33(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, related to NIA case RC-01/2020/NIA/JMU. The property was confiscated following an order issued by a special NIA court in Jammu on April 30.
The NIA reported that Shaheen Ahmed Lone was previously arrested in a case involving illegal weapons and is currently incarcerated in Tihar Jail, New Delhi.
It is noteworthy that the National Investigation Agency is India’s premier counter-terrorism investigation agency, established in 2008 under the NIA Act. Headquartered in New Delhi, it operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The agency investigates and prosecutes crimes against national security, sovereignty, and integrity.
The NIA handles cases related to terrorism, terrorist financing, arms and drug trafficking, counterfeit currency networks, and inter-state and international terrorist activities. In Jammu and Kashmir, the agency has investigated several significant cases related to terrorist funding, separatist networks, and terrorist attacks.
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