CRACKDOWN ON FUNDS HAS HIT SEPARATISTS
NIA choked flow of funds, says Rajnath
The NIA’s crackdown on flow of funds from the “neighbouring country” to finance unrest in Kashmir has dealt a blow to the morale of terror and separatist groups, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said adding that high quality fake currency notes act as “oxygen for terrorism”.
The National Investigation Agency’s crackdown on flow of funds from the “neighbouring country” to finance unrest in Kashmir has dealt a blow to the morale of terror and separatist groups, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said here on Tuesday.
Inaugurating the headquarters of the NIA, an agency set up in the aftermath of 2008 Mumbai attacks to probe terror cases in the country, the home minister also said high quality fake currency notes act as “oxygen for terrorism”. “No civilised country can accept the rise of terrorism on its soil,” he said.
Without naming Pakistan as the country responsible for funding terror activities in the Kashmir Valley, Mr Singh said, “The crackdown by the NIA on flow of funds from our neighbouring country for financing terror activities in the state has dealt a blow to the morale of these people (terrorists and separatists).”
The NIA began a probe into terror activities and flow of funds in June this year and conducted raids at various places. The agency has so far arrested 10 people, including Altaf Shah, son-in-law of pro-Pakistani separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Mr Singh had said five to six terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir every day because of sustained efforts of the Army, paramilitary forces and other security agencies.