New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday sentenced a
former Jammu and Kashmir police constable to eight years
rigorous imprisonment for being a member of banned
Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Mushtaq Ahmed Wani, who was posted as guard as the
residence of Fazal Hussain Beigh, brother of ex-Finance
Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, was
arrested from the national capital on November 25, 2006, by
sleuths of the Delhi police`s Special Cell.
Besides the prison term, Additional Sessions Judge
Dharmesh Sharma, who pronounced the quantum of punishment
today six days after convicting him, also imposed a fine of Rs
50,000 on Wani (30), holding him guilty of various offences
under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
According to the prosecution, Wani, hailing from
Baramulla district of the state, was apprehended from a place
near Red Fort here with Rs 6 lakh hawala money.
It alleged the convict had come to Delhi to collect a
consignment of arms, ammunition and hawala money which were to
be used for terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The convict came into contact with his Pakistan-based
handler Mohd Ahmed, a deputy commander of LeT, in September,
2006, and started working for the proscribed organisation at
his instance.
The court had held Wani guilty in the case on April 13.
PTI
