Pak-based terror groups finance terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir through charity organisations: NIA

Pakistan-based terror groups finance terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir by generating millions in donations through their charity organisations, an NIA officer said on Monday.

Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), a charity run by terror outfits Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Al Rehmat Trust, backed by another terrorists group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), have been supporting terrorists and funding terrorism in Kashmir, said Atul Goel, Superintendent of Police, National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The agency is entrusted with probing terrorism-related cases. Goel said the NIA was looking into the activities of JuD, LeT and JeM and also the working of trusts associated with them in the neighbouring country.

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“These outfits collect donations from people in Pakistan and then pass on the money to finance terrorism in Kashmir through their over ground workers,” he said, addressing a session at the 19^th Asian Security Conference on ‘Combating Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response’. The session was chaired by former Home Secretary G K Pillai.

‘Al Rehmat Trust’ distributes pamphlets to raise funds for sacrificing animals during Eid and after collecting the money, they finance terrorism, the officer said.

FIF, one of the major and fastest growing Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in Pakistan, also collects money from people and uses them to fund terrorists, Goel said.

“JuD chief Hafiz Saeed addresses the volunteers of FIF.  They have an entire network of people who work for their agenda of fomenting terror in Kashmir,” he said.