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NEW DELHI: The irrefutable trail of Rs 10.4 lakh cash deposits by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed masterminds into Pulwama case accused Muhammad Umar Farooq’s two bank accounts in Peshawar and Khyber Agency to finance the February 14, 2019, fidayeen attack, is likely to strengthen India’s case for Pakistan being ‘blacklisted’ by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Pakistan’s delivery on FATF’s 27-point action plan to curb terror financing and money laundering will come up for review by the multilateral body on September 14, followed by the final decision at the body’s plenary in October.
Sources said India may raise the funding trail of Pulwama attack to banks in Pakistan, to highlight Islamabad’s “limited” understanding of the terror financing risk emanating from its jurisdiction.
“The fact that a Jaish terrorist was receiving funds in his bank accounts back in Pakistan, with which he bought the car and explosives used for the blast in India that killed 40 CRPF jawans, shows that Pakistan has failed to deliver on its promises of due diligence in its banking system,” an officer said. The NIA’s probe into the Pulwama attack has found that cash deposits totalling Rs 10.4 lakh were made in five instalments into Umar’s separate bank accounts in Meezan Bank, Peshawar, and Allied Bank in Khyber Agency.
The trail of all the five deposit slips has been retrieved from Umar’s phone that was broken into with the help of CERT-In. These funds were deposited after Umar made a request to his uncles Abdul Rouf Asghar and Ammar Alvi.
The voice clips where Umar asks them for money for the Pulwama attack, after which the cash deposits were made, have been submitted as evidence in the NIA chargesheet on Tuesday.
Of the over 10 lakh Pakistani rupees deposited in Umar’s accounts, Rs 5.7 lakh was used for purchase and modification of the car and procuring explosives, including ammonium powder from Amazon.
Pakistan’s delivery on FATF’s 27-point action plan to curb terror financing and money laundering will come up for review by the multilateral body on September 14, followed by the final decision at the body’s plenary in October.
Sources said India may raise the funding trail of Pulwama attack to banks in Pakistan, to highlight Islamabad’s “limited” understanding of the terror financing risk emanating from its jurisdiction.
“The fact that a Jaish terrorist was receiving funds in his bank accounts back in Pakistan, with which he bought the car and explosives used for the blast in India that killed 40 CRPF jawans, shows that Pakistan has failed to deliver on its promises of due diligence in its banking system,” an officer said. The NIA’s probe into the Pulwama attack has found that cash deposits totalling Rs 10.4 lakh were made in five instalments into Umar’s separate bank accounts in Meezan Bank, Peshawar, and Allied Bank in Khyber Agency.
The trail of all the five deposit slips has been retrieved from Umar’s phone that was broken into with the help of CERT-In. These funds were deposited after Umar made a request to his uncles Abdul Rouf Asghar and Ammar Alvi.
The voice clips where Umar asks them for money for the Pulwama attack, after which the cash deposits were made, have been submitted as evidence in the NIA chargesheet on Tuesday.
Of the over 10 lakh Pakistani rupees deposited in Umar’s accounts, Rs 5.7 lakh was used for purchase and modification of the car and procuring explosives, including ammonium powder from Amazon.
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