Team News Riveting
New Delhi, May 25
Separatist leader Yasin Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Delhi on Wednesday evening in connection with terror funding.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had demanded capital punishment for the Kashmiri terrorist leader. Yasin Malik has been charged with hatching a criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, other unlawful activities, and disturbing peace in Kashmir.
He had pleaded guilty in the matter. He had been charged under section 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for the terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit terrorist act), and 20 (being member of a terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.
The present case is related to the various terrorist outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul-Mujahideen (HM), Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) backed by Islamic State perpetrating the terrorist and secessionist activities to disturb Jammu and Kashmir.
The NIA told Special Judge Praveen Singh in an in-chamber proceedings that Yasin Malik was responsible for the Kashmiri exodus. On the point of sentence, Yasin Malik had reportedly submitted that he would not “beg” for mercy, and that court could decide at its discretion. The amicus curiae appointed by the court to assist Yasin Malik, sought minimum punishment.
Meanwhile, protests have erupted in Srinagar as the court sentenced Yasin Malik to life in prison. His supporters are targeting the security personnel in the valley. Malik had earlier pleaded guilty to all the charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), in a terror funding case.
As a precautionary measure, internet services have been shut down in Srinagar.
