Delhi (The Stellar News): A 48-year-old man been arrested from the walled city for allegedly working as a Hawala agent to fund terrorist organisations such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Badr, the Delhi Police special cell informed on Friday.
The arrest was made in a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir Police and central agencies. Special Commissioner of Police (Special cell) HGS Dhaliwal said the accused has been identified as Mohammed Yaseen, a resident of Turkman Gate.
The Police acted upon an intel from central agencies and J&K police regarding a person engaged in terror funding and operating from Meena Bazar area of Old Delhi. “Accordingly, we developed a raid team in and around Meena Bazar and apprehended him,” The police added.
On August 17, Yaseen gave around Rs 10 lakh to terror operative Abdul Hamid Mir of J&K for anti-India activists in the state. The J&K police registered a case in this regard, and arrersted Poonch-resident Mir from the Jammu bus stand along with the amount, Dhaliwal said.
