NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has discharged four people, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a terror funding case as the National Investigation Agency failed to establish that they were involved with a Pakistan-based outfit.
As per the prosecution, Mohd Salman, Mohd Saleem, Arif Gulam Bashir Dharampuria and Mohd Hussain Molani were arrested for allegedly receiving money from Pakistani outfit, Falah-I-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), to create unrest in India by sending funds for terrorist activities. The agency had said that on March 14, 2012, FIF was declared a terrorist organisation by the United Nations.
Special Judge Parveen Singh said the prosecution failed to bring forth any evidence that would raise a grave suspicion that either the funds that were being sent from Dubai were terror funds/funds originated from the terrorist organisation or that these were intended to be used for terror activities.
“I find that although the activities of Salman were suspicious in nature and he along with other co-accused was engaged in illegal activities of Hawala transactions, the prosecution has failed to bring forth any evidence that would raise a grave suspicion that either the funds that were being sent from Dubai and were being received by him through other accused were terror funds/funds originated from the terrorist organisation or that these funds were intended to be used for terror activities i.e. creation of sleeper cells/ sympathisers hideouts/ logistic support for the terrorists of LeT/ JuD and FIF,” the judge said in the order.
The court said that the mere fact the accounts were being maintained or receipts/reports were being sent to accused Kamran by Salman cannot be of much consequence.
