Narco-terror network in J&K, Punjab: SIA files chargesheet

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir state investigation agency (SIA) on Thursday presented a chargesheet in a court here in a case related to the busting of a narcoterror network in Punjab and J&K operated by Lashkar-etaiba (LET) from Pakistan after arresting two persons.

The SIA presented the chargesheet against Mohmmad Rafiq Khan of J&K and Gurpal Singh of Punjab, a senior official of the agency said.

The investigation has revealed a well-knitted conspiracy by Pakistani agents of LET to destabilise the governments in Punjab and J&K, he added.

As per the chargesheet, an FIR was registered on the information that one Mohmmad Rafiq Khan of Panjgrain of Rajouri was involved in illegal cross-loc activities and was in contact with ISI agent Abdul Hameed Khan presently residing in Kotli POK, and constantly sharing information relating to India’s strategic assets in Rajouri and Poonch through encrypted social media applications and VOIP. “Rafiq Khan on the instructions of his Pakistani handler Hameed Khan had deposited Rs 10,000 in the account of one Darshan Singh of Sangrur Punjab,” the official said.

The account number of Darshan Singh was provided to Rafiq Khan by another Punjab resident Gurpal Singh. He has a criminal background and had developed a friendly relationship with one Sajid Bukhari, who is a Pakistani national and was lodged in a Sangrur jail along with him, he said.

“Since Gurpal Singh was in need of money, after his release and deportation, Bukhari cultivated him and introduced him to Hameed Khan and other Pakistani handlers,” the officer said.

Rafiq Khan was desirous to join terrorist ranks in Pakistan and he even attempted to cross over to that country by legitimate means through Attari border but he was stopped by Indian immigration authorities.