NIA suspects Hafiz Saeed 'terror-funding' madrasas in Haryana, other states

Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated the November 2008, Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed, now wants to establish his 'network' in the Delhi-NCR region and for this, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspects, the Lashkar-e-Taiba founder is sending financial aid to some madrasas and Islamic institutions in India.

Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AFP)

NEW DELHI: Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated the November 2008, Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed, now wants to establish his 'network' in the Delhi-NCR region and for this, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspects, the Lashkar-e-Taiba founder is sending financial aid to some madrasas and Islamic institutions in India. Three persons arrested by the NIA in a terror funding case, sources said, have revealed some madrasas in Haryana's Mewat and adjoining areas are arranging a set of teachers who, through their hateful sermons, would misguide the students.  Based on the revelation by the nabbed persons, the NIA may call some people related to these institutions for questioning. The NIA had busted a terror-funding module linked to Saeed in New Delhi last week. The agency received information about an organisation Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation through which Saeed was sending funds in India. The FIF is a Lahore-based organisation established by Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who has been designated as a global terrorist by the US. The FIF was designated as a terrorist entity by the US in 2010. ALSO READ: In Imran Khan's 'Naya Pakistan', minister shares stage with terrorist Hafiz Saeed On September 25, the NIA conducted searches at the premises of Mohammad Salman in Nizamuddin, Daryaganj-resident Mohd Salim (hawala operator) and Rajaram in Kucha Ghasiram in New Delhi and seized Rs 1.56 crore in cash, Rs 43,000 in Nepali currency, 14 mobiles phones, five pen drives and several incriminating documents. Subsequently, the agency arrested from Delhi Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) operative Mohammad Salman (52), and Hawala operators Mohd Salim alias Mama (62) and Sajjad Abdul Wani (34), a resident of Srinagar. During investigation, it emerged that Mohammad Salman, a resident of the Nizamuddin area in New Delhi, was in regular touch with a Dubai-based Pakistani national, who in turn is connected to the Deputy Chief of the FIF, a front organisation of the proscribed terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. "The accused person has been receiving funds, being sent by FIF operator and his associates, through Hawala operators. Accused persons along with other persons in various countries including Pakistan, the UAE etc are sending money through Hawala to India to further their nefarious activities and create unrest in India and carry out the terrorist activities," a statement issued by the NIA had said last week. (With PTI inputs)