Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik was on 24 February 2012 was charged by a local court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) for allegedly raising funds to strengthen armed activity. Additional sessions judge, Sanjay Parihar charged Malik with raising funds to strengthen armed activity in the state and to strike terror among people.
The judge in his two-page order stated that the charges were framed against Malik based on material evidence collected during the investigation and the confessional statements of the other two accused. According to the charge sheet, Malik had allegedly convened a meeting at his JKLF headquarter in Maisum in March 2002 and deputed two persons -Mushtaq Ahmad Dar and Shameema to collect USD 100000 which had already been arranged, from Kathmandu.
Dar and Shameema were arrested by police at Kudh on 24 March 2002. The foreign currency was recovered from their possession.
POTA was repealed by the Jammu and Kashmir government in 2003, the cases registered under the Act prior to that year can still be tried under it.
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