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J&K Police Attach Ex-Bar Chief Mian Qayoom’s Srinagar Home Under UAPA

The order follows a 2009 case in which investigators linked the property to concealed Hizbul Mujahideen materials.

Overview

  • DGP Nalin Prabhat issued the Section 25 UAPA order on November 12 to attach a two-storey house with land in Bulbul Bagh, Barzulla, Srinagar.
  • The action is tied to FIR No. 157/2009 at PS Shaheed Gunj invoking RPC sections 120, 120-B, 121, 153-A and UAPA sections 13, 38, 39.
  • Police classified the property as “proceeds of terrorism” under Section 2(g) after stating it was used to conceal incriminatory material and further terrorist activities.
  • A court-warranted search recovered banned literature, a Hizbul Mujahideen letterhead and seal impressions, an English press note, and a letter from Syed Salahuddin to then US President Bill Clinton.
  • Qayoom remains in custody in the 2020 murder of lawyer Babar Qadri, following an SIA arrest in June 2024 and a supplementary chargesheet filed in December 2024.