NIA Arrested Key Absconding Accused In Narco-Terror Nexus Case In Jammu And Kashmir

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested a key absconding accused in a narco-terror nexus case in Jammu and Kashmir. Syed Saleem Jahangir Andrabi, alias Saleem Andrabi, has been on the run since June 2020. The NIA said that his arrest marks a major success in its efforts to destroy the narco-terror nexus and dismantle the ecosystem created in India by terrorist organisations based across the border.

The NIA took over the investigation in the case in 2020 from the local police. During the investigation, the NIA found



that Saleem Andarbi was part of a conspiracy for procuring and selling narcotic drugs and generating funds in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India. The conspiracy was hatched by drug smugglers in close association with operatives of banned terrorist outfits, Lashkar e Taiba and Hijbul Mujahideen, based across the border in Pakistan. NIA investigations revealed that funds generated through the narcotics racket were pumped into Jammu and Kashmir through a network of overground workers to promote terrorism.