Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, along with PDP workers, staged a protest in Srinagar on Saturday, 2 March, against the Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, news agency ANI reported.
Authorities in Kashmir had sealed several properties belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami J&K (JeI), including residences of some of its activists, the police told PTI.
This comes days after the Centre banned the outfit on the ground that it was "in close touch" with militant groups and was likely to "escalate secessionist movement.”
Properties Sealed, Accounts Frozen
Several properties, including residential houses, belonging to various JeI leaders and activists were sealed in many areas of Srinagar and elsewhere in the Valley on Friday night, 1 March, a police official said.
He said bank accounts of JeI leaders were also frozen, PTI reported.
However, it is not clear if the move was linked to the ban on JeI or was done by the NIA in connection with its probe into money-laundering cases.
The Centre on Thursday, 28 February, had banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir for five years under the anti-terror law.
Around 150 leaders and activists of the outfit have been detained in raids at several places across Kashmir.
According to central government officials, the Jamaat was responsible for the creation of Hizbul Mujahideen, and the brain behind the formation of Hurriyat Conference, according to PTI.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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