Overview
- SIA Kashmir attached the land Wednesday in Kupwara after a court approved the agency’s request in a narco-terror probe.
- The plot measures one kanal and 14.37 marlas under Khasra No. 113 in Mandiyan Keran, with an Executive Magistrate and revenue officials present during the action.
- Investigators identify the accused as Zameer Ahmad Lone of Mandiyan Keran, now in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, who has been declared a proclaimed offender and is alleged to work with Lashkar-e-Taiba, a banned militant group.
- The case began as ANTF FIR No. 03/2023 and moved to the State Investigation Agency when probes pointed to narco-smuggling, terror financing, and cross-border links, and a comprehensive charge sheet is already on file.
- Officials say the step is part of a wider push under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan to break the narcotics–terror nexus, which links drug profits to militant activity and harms public health in Jammu and Kashmir.