NIA attaches five more properties in terror-criminal nexus case

Intensifying its drive against terroristcriminal networks the NIA on Tuesday attached five more properties in Haryana and Delhi belonging to members of organised syndicates in northern states an official saidOn March 4 also five properties were attached in raids across Haryana Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Gujarat and Delhi which led to the arrest of 27 gangsterleaders and recovery of a huge quantity of arms and ammunitionFollowing investigations in cases against three major organised crime syndicatesgangs being operated by Pakistanbased Harvinder Rinda Lawrence Bishnoi and Bambiha group the NIA has attached another four properties in Haryana and one in Delhi a spokesman of the federal agency saidThe National Investigation Agency NIA official said the attached properties were owned by members of organised crime syndicates operating in the northern states of Punjab Haryana and Rajasthan and DelhiThe attached properties were found acquired with funds generated from carrying out different types of terrorist activities and extortion and were thus proceeds of terrorism as they were being used for hatching terror conspiracies and execution of crimes the spokesman saidAlso readNIA attaches five assets in terror case against gangsters involved in organised crimes including Sidhu MoosewalaThe properties attached include a house of Chhotu Ram alias Bhat at Chautala in Sirsa district a house of Jagseer Singh alias Jagga Sarpanch alias Jagsir at Takhatmal a house of Virender Singh alias Kala Rana in Yamuna Nagar and land of Raju alias Mota of Basaudi in Sonipat district of Haryana and a land of Satyawan Sehrawat alias Sonu at Dariyapur in Delhi the official saidThe official said the action has hit the weapons supply chain of this networkVirender Ram and Singh used to provide weapons and arrange logistics including safe sanctuaries to the gang members Satyawan had also harboured gangsters the spokesman said adding they had a major role to play in the generation of funds to support the operations of terrorcrime syndicatesRaju used to launder money by investing in real estate business and other businesses including liquor the official saidThe latest attachment follows similar attachments of five properties four in Haryana and one in Delhi on March 4Earlier the NIA had carried out over 230 raids across Haryana Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Gujarat and DelhiNCR and arrested 27 gangsterleaders recovered around 38 weapons and frozen 87 bank accounts This was done has part of the drive against organised crime syndicates in August last yearIn addition Canadabased Arsh Dalla and Pakistanbased Rinda have been listed as terrorists by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the recent pastThe drive to choke these organised crime networks of funding and to dismantle their ecosystem by attaching and seizing their properties derived from proceeds of terrorism and crime would be intensified in the coming days along with police forces of various states the spokesperson saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever