Overview

• The Jammu and Kashmir Police attached five kanals and three marlas of land owned by Ghulam Rasool Shah alias Rafia Rasool Shah in Kupwara’s Sogam area under Section 25 of the UAPA.
• Shah is identified as a top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen who has orchestrated militant activities from across the India-Pakistan border.
• The property attachment is linked to FIR No. 276/2022 at Kupwara Police Station, which includes charges under multiple sections of the IPC and UAPA against Shah.
• Authorities have stepped up intelligence-driven raids and property seizures since the April Pahalgam attack to dismantle the financial and logistical networks of proscribed militant outfits.
• Officials say the land seizure is intended to send a strong deterrent message to handlers and supporters of cross-border militancy in the region.