NIA Court frames charges against 10, including LeT handlers, in narco-terror case

17/07/2026

SRINAGAR, Jul 16: A special NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir has framed charges against ten accused, including handlers of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), in a narco-terror case, officials said on Thursday.
The court ordered the framing of charges in an FIR registered by the State Investi-gation Agency (SIA) Kashmir in October 2022, concerning a cross-border conspiracy orchestrated by Pakistan/ PoJK-based handlers of the terrorist outfit LeT.
The SIA Kashmir established that the syndicate smuggled narcotic substances across the Line of Control (LoC) into J-K and channelised the illicit proceeds for financing terrorism, sustaining terrorist infrastructure and strengthen-ing the terror ecosystem in the UT and identified 16 accused people, including four Pakistan/PoJK-based terrorist handlers, officials said.
The accused include Rubeena Nazir Malik, Ishfaq Ahmad Mir, Mudasir Ahmed Poswal, Safeer Ahmad Mughal, Mohammad Rashid Thakkar, Mohammad Rayaz Lohar, Javid Iqbal Thakkar alias Raja Thakkar, Abdul Rashid Mir, Abdul Rashid Bhat, and Basharat Ali Poswal, all of whom have been arrested. Sageer Ahmad Poswal, a resident of Kupwara, is absconding, they said.
The officials said the Pakistan/PoJK-based accused who are absconding include Tariq Ahmad Malik alias Dilawar (proclaimed absconding), Alif-ud-Din Badana, resident of Karnah, Kupwara (presently in Pakistan) (proclaimed/absconding), Mushtaq Ahmad Naik alias Usman Bhai, resident of Kundan, Khari, Ramban (presently in Pakistan) (proclaimed/absconding), Firdous Ahmad Dar alias Umer, resident of Sopore in Baramulla (presently in Pakistan) (proclaimed/absconding).
Another accused, Mushtaq Ahmad Malik alias Rahee, a resident of Panzipora, Sopore in Baramulla, was killed in an encounter, officials said.
They said the SIA Kashmir filed six comprehensive charge sheets against all sixteen accused, and the investigation also resulted in the arrest of three proclaimed offenders who had been evading arrest.
They said the charges include offences related to waging war against the Government of India, conspiracy to wage war, terrorist acts, raising funds for terrorist organisations, membership in and support of terrorist organisations, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence, and forgery.
Officials said simultaneously, proceedings for attachment and forfeiture of properties linked to terrorist activities under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act are also being pursued.

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