NIA transfers 3 officers after bribe charges in terror case

NEW DELHI: NIA has transferred three officers, including a SP, after a businessman alleged they had demanded a bribe of Rs 2 crore for not naming him in a terror case relating to Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation. The Pakistan-based charity is run by 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Mohammad Saeed.


“A complaint of misconduct was received (in this matter) by NIA. An inquiry into the allegations is being conducted by a DIG-rank officer. In the meantime, three concerned officials have been transferred out to ensure a fair probe,” an NIA spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.

The SP, who was absorbed in the NIA cadre, has been involved in investigation of key cases like Samjhauta and Ajmer Sharif blasts. Two others include anASI and a fingerprint expert who have been repatriated to BSF and NCRB respectively.

Depending on findings of the DIG-led inquiry, NIA and home ministry will take a call on whether any action must be taken against the said officers.

The Delhi NCR-based businessman had complained to NIA a month ago against the SP and two junior officers investigating the Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) case.

The probe found that FIF chief Hafiz Saeed along with deputy FIF chief Shahid Mahmood had hatched a conspiracy around 2012 to create sympathisers/sleeper cells and logistic base in Delhi and Haryana under the garb of religious work. Shahid Mahmood tasked his associates namely Mohammad Kamran, a Pakistani national based in Dubai, for re-routing funds from Pakistan to

Dubai

and further to India through

hawala

channels. Shahid Mehmood further tasked Mohammad Kamran to identify such persons in India who could be given this fund in the garb of charity with the real aim being to create LeT bases and motivate sympathisers.

The accused in the case are Hafiz Saeed, Shahid Mahmood, Mohammad Salman,

Mohammad Salim

, Mohammad Kamran, Mohammad Hussain Molani and Mohammad Arif Ghulambashir.

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