Overview
- Srinagar police used the NDPS Act to attach immovable assets they value at about Rs 4 crore that they say belong to two alleged drug peddlers, including land, shops and a house.
- Kathua police separately attached a double-storey house they estimate at roughly Rs 1.10 crore that they say was bought with proceeds from narcotics sales and linked to multiple NDPS cases.
- Officials say the attachments are preventive steps to stop concealment, transfer or disposal of assets while investigations and prosecutions under registered FIRs proceed.
- The actions are being carried out under the 100-day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan and officials have signaled wider administrative measures such as canceling identity or travel documents for those implicated.
- Under the NDPS Act an attachment is an administrative move that does not equal a conviction and it allows police to hold suspected proceeds while courts review evidence and decide on forfeiture.