ED Takes Possession Of 7 J&K Properties

Over three months after the Centre abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Enforcement Directorate took possession of seven properties attached in connection with its probe into a terror-funding case involving Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM) chief Syed Salahuddin and others. A senior ED official said all the seven properties were attached by the financial probe agency earlier in the case.”But this is for the first time that we took possession of the properties in the Valley,” he said, adding “earlier we had to rely on other agencies to take possession”. He said the said properties are located in Anantnag, Sopore and Bandipora. The official said the seven properties were earlier provisionally attached. “After confirmation of the orders by the competent authority, ED officials visited the places and put up notices declaring the agency has taken over physical possession of the parcels of land,”