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Updated: May 03, 2019 01:14 IST

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday attached properties worth Rs 73.12 lakh belonging to Mohammad Salman, who is under investigation for terror funding case related to Hafiz Mohammad Saeed led Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FiF), the financial arm of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The FiF terror funding racket was busted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last year in Delhi and Haryana’s Palwal. One Dubai based operative of FiF – Mohammad Kamran – was spearheading the funding activities in India. The ED investigated Salman and others on the basis of NIA FIR and found that FiF transferred huge funds – around Rs 57 lakh - using hawala channels.

Salman used these funds to construct a mosque – Khulafa-e-Rashideen — in Palwal’s Uttawar village and for the marriages of Muslim girls. FIF, registered as a charity in Pakistan has been blacklisted by the UN Security Council but it continues to raise funds for terror activities of LeT through bank accounts opened using pseudonyms. Its funding comes from madrasas, Pakistan government, its spy agency ISI, its army, businessmen and non-resident Pakistanis.

FIF presents itself as a charitable organisation that collects funds for natural disasters, but India and the international community have opposed its activities.