The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammed Yasin Malik has been convicted by a NIA court in a case related to militancy and secessionist activities in Jammu Kashmir.
On the last date of the hearing, Yasin Malik had said that he will not plead his case. “I know of this case and I do not need a lawyer to pursue my case,” Yasin Malik had told the court, according to news reports.
According to a news report, the quantum of punishment will be decided on 25 May 2022.
The NIA court has also sought an affidavit from Yasin Malik regarding his financial assessment and asked the investigating Agency (NIA) to submit a report related to his financial assessment. Argument on sentence to take place on the next date of hearing,
Earlier the NIA court had framed charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and others for hatching a criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, and other unlawful activities.
Yasin Malik, 54, is lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail after he was arrested under the Public Safety Act in March 2019, but a month later his custody was shifted to National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a two-year-old case of “militant and separatist funding”.
The charge sheet was also filed against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who have been declared proclaimed offenders (PO) in the case.