Directer General of Police Nalin Prabhat have ordered the attachment of the residential property of Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom in Srinagar in connection with a 2009 case related to an anti-India seminar allegedly addressed by several separatist leaders.
According to an order issued by DGP J&K reads that on December 31, 2009, Shaheed Gunj Police received information that a seminar marking the death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah was held at Hotel Jahangir in Srinagar. The event, led by Feroz Ahmad Khan of the Muslim League, was attended by several separatist figures, including Aasia Andrabi, Shabir Ahmad Najar, and Mian Abdul Qayoom, who allegedly delivered anti-India speeches and raised slogans.
During the investigation, police recorded statements of witnesses, concluding that the participants had made inflammatory remarks, provoked the audience, and advocated secession of Jammu & Kashmir.
The order noted that a subsequent search of Mian Qayoom’s residence conducted after obtaining a magistrate’s warrant led to the recovery of banned literature, a Hizbul Mujahideen letterhead with seal impression, a press-note-type document, a letter addressed by Syed Salahuddin to then US President Bill Clinton, and another HM seal impression in Urdu. Independent witnesses and an Executive Magistrate were present during the search.
Investigators found that Qayoom had allegedly used his two-storey house and adjoining land measuring over two kanals at Bulbul Bagh, Barzulla to conceal incriminating material and aid unlawful activities, officials said.
The property, registered under mutation number 338 in Qayoom’s name, has been categorised as “proceeds of terrorism,” and authorities have approved its attachment under relevant provisions of law.
