Suspected Lashkar member charged in money laundering case
New Delhi, Jan 6: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected member of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case.
The
ED
attached
foreign
currency,
under
the
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering
Act
(PMLA),
that
was
recovered
from
Lone
which,
it
said,
"was
meant
for
the
purpose
of
terrorist
activities
in
India".
Lone
was
arrested
by
the
Special
Cell
of
Delhi
Police
in
2007
from
the
Chandni
Chowk
area.
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"It may be recalled that police recovered one pistol of 9 mm calibre and seven live rounds of 9 mm calibre, foreign and Indian currencies along with other incriminating belongings from the possession of Lone and had arrested him.
"On the instance of Lone, two loaded magazines of AK rifle with 60 live rounds, four hand grenades, one AK rifle, Rs one lakh cash was also recovered from a guest house in Azadpur area," the ED said in its submission made by special public prosecutor N K Matta.
Police investigation had revealed, it said, "involvement of the accused in hatching criminal conspiracy with other LeT militants in order to wage war against the nation and also to carry out terrorist and disruptive activities in India."
It said the Special Cell of Delhi Police filed charge sheet against Lone in the case under Section 121 (waging war against government of India), 122 (collecting arms with intention of waging war against the government of India), 123 (concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war), of IPC and under various sections of stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act.
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He was convicted by a trial court here and sent to six years of imprisonment.