The Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation is a Pak-based terrorist organization founded by Hafiz Saeed, ED said (File)
New Delhi:
The Law Enforcement Directorate (DE) said on Thursday it had filed a complaint against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, one of his Pakistani associates, a Hawala-based dealer. in Delhi and others in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged terrorist financing case.
The agency’s case is based on a complaint filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the accused and the Pakistani organization Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF).
Mohd Salman was found to be involved in receiving funds from FIF operators and associates through the hawala channel (illegal fund transfer), the agency said.
“The FIF is a terrorist organization based in Pakistan and created by Jamat-ud-Dawa. It was founded by Hafiz Saeed,” he said.
The FIF was designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations in March 2012 when Hafiz Saeed is already a UN designated global terrorist.
“The FIF is nothing but a frontline organization of JuD and LeT that was formed to evade security and sanctions. The Indian government designated the FIF as a terrorist organization in August 2016.”
“LeT is looking to raise funds and build a network through FIF for further terrorist activities,” he said.
The ED said its investigation revealed that “funds had been redirected from Pakistan to Dubai and further to India via the Hawala channels.”
“Mohd Salman received funds sent by Mohd Kamran and his associates Abdul Aziz Behlim and Arif Gulambashir Dharampuria in Dubai,” he said.
“Regarding the influx of funds from Dubai, the amount of funds that Mohd Salman received from Mohd Kamran and his associates in Dubai through the hawala channels was quantified based on emails, receipts and records. held by the accused. “
“Mohd Salman used the funds received from abroad for the construction of Masjid in Uttawar in the Palwal district of Haryana and to organize the marriage of poor girls in and around this village,” he said.
The agency had previously attached real estate from Salman valued at Rs 73.12 lakh to Delhi in the deal.
Salman and Mohd Salim are currently in police custody.
The US State Department called FIF an alias of LeT in November 2010.
“This was done with the intention of stemming the flow of finance and resources from the FIF to LeT and also to prosecute those who knowingly provide funds and material support to these terrorist organizations.”
“The humanitarian front, the religious and charitable work projected by the FIF are only to create a disguise in the minds of people and States. Their main objective is to provide and raise funds, to create networks, sleeper cells and to motivate young people to join terrorism, ”says the ED.
