Srinagar- Prosecution has said that police officer Adil Mushtaq Sheikh, who was arrested recently and now granted bail by an anti-corruption court, left “no stone unturned” in helping the accused persons involved in anti-national activities and booked by Police Station Nowgam in case under IPC sections of 120 B ,121,121-A IPC,13,18,39,40 ULA (P) Act.
The case (FIR 20/2023) was filed against three “anti-national”— Umer Adil Dar of Soiteng, Bilal Ahmad Sidiqi of Kursoo,Rajbagh and Salik Mehraj of Soiteng —on February 7 after they were arrested during naka-checking duty at Lasjan Crossing on Jammu-Srinagar Highway here.
During the checking of a kitbag carried by Umer Adil Dar, police said, Rs,31,65,200 (thirty one lac, Sixty five thousand and two hundred rupees), one Mobile Phone, and three pages of the banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Toiba were recovered. On personal search of the other two persons namely Bilal Ahmad Sidiqi and Salik Mehraj five pages each of LeT were recovered, police said in a report filed before a Special anti-corruption court.
“The accused persons were arrested on 07-02-2023 and their remands were obtained from time to time. The then IO ( DySP Adil Mushtaq ) has seized 4 mobile phones along with SIM cards from the said accused which were sent for forensic analysis on 02-03-2023 to FSL Srinagar which has been received on 26-07-2023,” it said, adding, “The CDR/IPDR/CAF of the 4 mobile numbers were sought by DySP Sheikh Adil Mushtaq from concerned service providers through proper-channel.”
During the investigation, police said, the accused Umer Adil Dar in his disclosure statement recorded on 09-02-2023 stated that he was earlier working with Hurriyat Conference (G), a secessionist organization, and after abrogation of 370, he was approached by an unknown person and through a number he got in touch with a Pakistani handler Col Yasir and one Aijaz Rehmani ( Kashmir based separatist leader sitting in Pakistan). “On instructions of Rehmani, he received an amount of 25 lacs from an unknown person at Wanpoh filling station, Kulgam,” police said, adding, “Later he distributed 10 lacs to one Zamrooda and 5 lac to one Yasmeen for the purpose of strengthening the LeT cadre in Srinagar. He and another accused Salik Mehraj had further received the money consignments at different occasions from unknown persons near Govt Higher Secondary school and Filling station Wanpoh”. The total amount of cash received through these consignments turned out to be 31 lac 65 thousand 200(excluding the 25 lac consignments received earlier) which was later recovered in the case, police said. “The recovered amount was to be handed over to an unknown terrorist of the valley for promoting terrorism and terror activities in District Srinagar. As the names of the two ladies surfaced in the disclosure, Dy SP Sheikh Adil Mushtaq sought a search warrant from the UAPA Court Srinagar on 06-03-2023 and Dy SP Adil Mushtaq on the same day searched the residential premises of both accused, one Yasmin ( from Namblabal Pampore) belonging to Pampore and the other Zamrooda ( actually from Mehman Mohalla Anantnag presently putting up at Masjid Bagh Sanatnagar) and seized two mobile phones from their possession which were later sent to FSL for forensic examination on 27-03-2023,” police said, adding, “It is pertinent to mention that when the names of the two ladies came explicitly in the disclosure of Umer Adil Dar, among which one had received 10,00,00 terror money, the IO,Dy SP Sheikh Adil ought to have arrested the duo ladies straight away rather than for going for the search after a period of one month of the disclosure, as there were reasonable grounds available for arrest. It is obvious that the moment accused Umer Adil Dar was arrested, the duo ladies would have already been alerted and wiped out whatever incriminating evidence was available with them.” As expected, police said, nothing came out of the mobile phones that were seized from their possession other than some CDs and banners of protests which reduced the heinousness of the crime.
“It has also been the reason that duo ladies were subsequently indicted only under section 13 of UAPA which became the prime reason for their bail,” the police said in the report while opposing bail to DySp Adil.
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