NIA busts FIF terror-funding module in Delhi; cash seized

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 26

In a major operation carried out on Wednesday, National Investigative Agency (NIA) busted Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) terror funding module as it carried out searches at multiple places in Daryaganj, Nizamuddin and Kucha Ghasiram areas in Delhi.

As per the FIR, some Delhi-based individuals were receiving funds from FIF operatives based abroad and were using the same to further the terror activities.

During investigation, it emerged that Mohammad Salman, a resident of Nizamuddin, New Delhi, is in regular touch with a Dubai-based Pakistani national, who in turn is connected with the Deputy Chief of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a front-end organisation of proscribed terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

The accused person has been receiving funds, being sent by FIF operators and his associates, through Hawala operators. Accused persons along with other persons in various countries, including Pakistan and UAE, are sending money through Hawala to India to further their nefarious activities and create unrest in India and carry out the terrorist activities.

Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation is a Lahore-based organisation established by Jamat-ud-Dawa. It is a front-end organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), a terror organisation proscribed under UAPA and founded by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in 1990. Saeed is designated as Global Terrorist by the USA.

NIA, on September 25, conducted searches on the premises of Mohammad Salman, Mohd Salim, a resident of Daryaganj, and Rajaram and Company at Kucha Ghasiram, New Delhi, and seized Rs 1.56 lakh in Indian currency, Rs 43,000 in Nepali currency, 14 mobiles phones, five pen drives and several incriminating documents.

Following the seizure of incriminating material, NIA has arrested three persons if FIF operative Mohd Salman (52), Hawala Conduit Mohd Salim (62) and Hawala courier Sajjad Abdul Wani (34), a resident of Srinagar, J&K, from Delhi.