2018 Srinagar attack case | NIA attaches properties of 2 accused

Srinagar, Nov 14: Going full throttle against terrorist organisations and operatives in Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Tuesday attached the properties of two key Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives in the 2018 case relating to the forcible release of a terrorist through a fatal attack on a Police party at a Srinagar hospital.

A total of eight properties, five belonging to the accused Muhammad Shafi Wani and three belonging to Muhammad Tikka Khan, both residents of Singoo Narbal, Pulwama, have been attached under Section 33 (1) of UA (P) Act, 1967, in pursuance of the recent orders of the NIA Special Court, Jammu.

The case (RC-05/2018/NIA/DLI) involved the killing of two personnel of J&K Police during firing at a Police party escorting LeT terrorist Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hanzla to SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, for a medical examination on February 6, 2018.

Jatt, a terrorist of Pakistani origin, was forcibly got released in the attack, which was carried out by the two accused, along with others, on orders from their Pakistan based LeT commanders.

Jatt got killed in an encounter with the security forces later in 2018.
The attached immoveable properties of Muhammad Shafi Wani and Muhammad Tikka Khan, both identified as Over Ground Workers of LeT, include various plots of land.

The residential house of Shafi has also been attached.

The two accused were arrested from their Pulwama homes on February 8, 2018, and were found to be in possession of weapons.

They were charge-sheeted on August 3, 2018, and are currently facing trial under Sections 120B, 302, 307, 224, 225, and 411 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), Sections 7/25 and 27 of the Arms Act 1959, and Sections 16, 18, 19, 20, 38, and 39 of the UA (P) Act 1967 before the NIA Special Court, Jammu.