Modi regime attaches properties in Srinagar under narcotics excuse
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian police attached three residential properties worth over Rs 4 crore in Srinagar under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, in what locals say is part of a broader campaign to deprive Kashmiris of their assets.
According to Kashmir Media Service, police attached a double-storeyed residential house along with 12 marlas of land at Awanta Bhawan, Soura, worth approximately Rs 2.74 crore, belonging to Mubashir Ahmad Hakeem, son of Abdul Hamid Hakeem.
Earlier, police also attached two more residential properties worth around Rs 1.35 crore in separate cases. One is a double-storeyed house at Nadir Gund, Pir Bagh, Hyderpora, valued at around Rs 70 lakh, belonging to Aqib Farooq.
The other is a single-storeyed house built on five marlas of land at Inderhama Gassu, Batapora, Hazratbal, worth approximately Rs 65 lakh, belonging to Azan Parvaiz Giltsaaz.
Police claimed the properties were “allegedly acquired through proceeds generated from narcotics trafficking” and said the attachments were carried out under Section 68F of the NDPS Act.
Observers said that under the garb of anti-narcotics operations, Indian authorities are using black laws to target and dispossess Kashmiris, turning “narcotics” into an excuse to seize private properties in the occupied territory.
