Team News Riveting
New Delhi, May 19
A Delhi court on Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.
The Court found him guilty of offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and for offences of conspiracy and sedition under the Indian Penal Code.
The hearing on quantum of sentence will take place on May 25. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will have to assess Malik’s financial situation for the same.
The Court also directed Malik to furnish an affidavit regarding his financial assets by the next date of hearing. It had framed charges in March after noting that it was prima facie established that Malik and Shabir Shah, Rashid Engineer, Altaf Fantoosh, Masrat and Hurriyat/Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) were the direct recipients of terror funds.
The Court had also noted then that Malik had set up an elaborate mechanism across the world to raise funds for carrying out terrorist and other unlawful activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
He indulged in criminal conspiracy pursuant to which large-scale protests, resulting in violence and arson at a massive scale, were orchestrated, the Court had said.
Malik had pleaded guilty after the charge order.
