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NIA Traces Malaysia-Linked Hawala Route Funding TRF

Officials frame the findings as leverage at the FATF.

Overview

  • The NIA says a Malaysia-based hawala channel moved money to The Resistance Front, which Indian agencies describe as a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy.
  • Investigators report about Rs 9 lakh was raised via Malaysian contact Yasir Hayat and routed to operative Shafat Wani.
  • Phone data from a Srinagar-based suspect with more than 450 contacts is under analysis, including calls to Pakistan and Malaysia.
  • Named figures in the probe include Malaysian resident Sajad/Sajid Ahmed Mir, alleged to have coordinated with Hayat to arrange funds.
  • Raids in Srinagar and Handwara yielded documents with bank details tied to foreign funding, and officials say the evidence will support India’s case for scrutiny of Pakistan at the FATF.