A Delhi court today found Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik guilty of terror funding. Malik pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the strict Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, on Tuesday (UAPA).
The court also requested an affidavit from Yasin Malik regarding his financial assessment, and ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to assess his financial situation in order to determine the appropriate fine.
On May 25, the court will hear arguments about the sentence’s severity.
Malik had told the court that he would not contest the charges, which included Sections 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit terrorist act), and 20 (membership of terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA, as well as Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.
Malik had set up an elaborate structure and mechanism around the world to raise funds for terrorist and other unlawful activities in Jammu and Kashmir in the name of the “freedom struggle,” according to the court.
Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, Md Yusuf Shah, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Md Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, and Naval Kishore Kapoor were among those charged by the court.
The charge sheet also names Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Syed Salahuddin, the leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen, as proclaimed offenders in the case.
