The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) boss Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, his deputy Shahid Mehmood, a Dubai-based fund manager Mohammad Kamran and a hawala operator Delhi-based Mohammad Salim, in connection with his Money Laundering Investigation against the organization’s financial arm, the Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FiF).
The agency had launched a money laundering investigation against Mohammad Salman and Mohammad Salim, arrested in 2018, based on an investigation by the National Investigative Agency (NIA).
An ED statement on Thursday said that Salman was involved in receiving funds from FIF operators through illegally operated hawala channels.
FiF is a Pakistan-based organization established by Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), LeT’s parent organization, founded by Hafiz Saeed. The FiF was designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations in March 2012. The UN and Indian agencies have repeatedly claimed that FIF is nothing more than a front-line organization of JuD & LeT that was formed to evade security and sanctions. India declared FIF a terrorist organization under the Illicit Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in August 2016.
The ED said LeT uses FiF to raise funds and build a network for future terrorist activities.
The agency’s investigation revealed that the funds were diverted from Pakistan to Dubai and then to India through hawala channels.
“Salman was the recipient of the funds sent by Kamran and his associates Abdul Aziz Behlim and Arif Gulambashir Dharampuria, in Dubai. Salman used the funds received from abroad for the construction of a mosque in Uttawar, Palwal, Haryana and for the marriages of poor girls in and around the Uttawar village area, ”said the DE.
The ED probe revealed that Salman received 4.69 million rupees through FiF and its members.
The agency said it has attached three Salman properties in New Delhi worth Rs 73.12.
He was indicted by the Emergency Department earlier this year. Both Salman and Salim are in jail.
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