Jammu, October 14:
A special NIA court in Jammu has declared Pakistan-based terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Mir a fugitive in connection with a terror funding case. The case pertains to alleged raising of funds through the Al-Huda Education Trust (AHET) and its use for the activities of the banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami.
Special Judge Prem Sagar passed the order while hearing an application filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The court noted that non-bailable warrants were earlier issued against Mushtaq. But he was neither arrested nor appeared before the court. Despite completing the process of declaring him a fugitive and publishing notices in newspapers, his presence could not be ascertained.
Mushtaq Ahmad Mir is a resident of Thanamang village in Darhal tehsil of Rajouri district. He is said to have crossed the LoC in 1995-96 to join militancy. At present, he is suspected to be active in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
As there was no possibility of Mushtaq’s arrest in the near future.
The court accepted the NIA’s application and declared him a proclaimed offender.
