Jaish-e-Mohammad

Hurriyat separatists

SRINAGAR: Less than three weeks before the Uri attack by, the ED sought details on six men from PoK living in Italy for funding terror activities throughin Kashmir . TOI has accessed the chargesheet submitted by the ED before the district court in Srinagar on August 24 and August 30.The chargesheet says an Italian remittance firm, Madina Trading , at Corso Garibaldi in Brescia, Italy, has been used by two Hurriyat separatists, Firdous Ahmad Shah and Yar Mohammad Khan, to accept money from the PoK-based men. Shah and Khan have been shown as accused in a money laundering case and charged with raising funds for terrorist activities, holding proceeds of terrorism and waging and attempting war against India in the ED chargesheet.The charges put the role of Kashmiri separatists in the unrest under the scanner as Shah is the chief of Democratic Political Movement and member of Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s hardline Hurriyat Conference. Also, the same firm, Madina Trading, was used to create a voice over internet protocol account with software firm Callphonex for the 26/11 attackers in 2008.The ED has already detected payments, running into Rs 8 lakh through this firm between 2008 and 2011.In its chargesheet, the central agency has told the Srinagar court that the remittances into India "were for anti-national and subversive activities and that "in order to unearth the entire conspiracy, it is necessary to obtain more evidence from Italy".'That the indirect mode of receipt money by layering the same, the small amounts received to escape attention, avoid suspicion, and receipt of these amounts from completely unrelated person and destination are indicative of the fact that these remittances were received in a systematic and planned manner of money laundering and for illegal activities" the chargesheet says.The PoK men, who remitted the money and are now wanted in India are Mohammad Yaqub, Aamer Yaqub, Javaid Iqbal, Shabina Kanwal, Tanveer Liaqat, Mohamad Zamir. All of them are staying in Milan.In the chargesheet, the ED has demanded their proof of nationality, correctness of addresses, dates of exit in and out of Italy and the purpose of undetaking business of money transfer into India.The ED also requested Italy to question these men, including Yaqub, who is the owner of Madina Trading, on their relationship with the beneficiaries at India.The evidence, already acquired by the ED, shows account statements of Yar Mohammad Khan from Jammu & Kashmir bank (a/c no 0535040100000031) branch in Khayam Chowk in Srinagar and that of Firdous Ahmad Shah in Branch Residency Road, had first received money from Western Union Money Transfer from PoK men.