Siu: J&K SIU attaches Pak-based terrorist’s land in Kupwara | India News

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Tuesday attached the property of a Pakistan-based terrorist, Abdul Rashid Qureshi alias Farooq Qureshi, in his native Kachama village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The move was aimed at disrupting his illicit network and restricting his ability to carry out further acts of terror, police said in a statement.

“Qureshi has been a persistent threat to the peace and security of J&K since he exfiltrated to Pakistan in the early 1990s. He is a member of the Al-Barq terror outfit and is presently operating from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a launching commander. His strategic involvement in numerous acts of terror has caused immense loss of innocent lives in Kashmir Valley in the past,” the statement said.
Qureshi’s property (land) — measuring six kanals and three marlas, located at multiple locations within the district at village Kachama — was attached by SIU Kupwara after “extensive intelligence gathering and meticulous investigations into a case registered by Kupwara Police under IPC sections 120-B, 121, 121-A, 122, 123, and sections 17, 18, 18-A, 18-B, 20, 38, 39, 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,” said the police statement.

J&K Police have been actively pursuing Qureshi to end his destructive activities, said the statement. “The attachment of property serves as a strong message to terrorists and their supporters that their actions will not go unnoticed or unpunished. It underscores the unwavering commitment of the police to combat terrorism at its roots and dismantle its infrastructure,” it added.