Srinagar, Feb 13 (KNO): In a significant crackdown on the drug menace, Police in Kulgam have attached immovable properties comprising 06 shops, 05 godowns, one tin-shed, and one plinth located at Village Manigam, belonging to a notorious drug peddler Mohd Ashraf Khanday son of Gh. Ahmad Khanday resident of Nipora, Kulgam, falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Qazigund.
According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the action has been taken under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, after due legal process, as the properties were established as proceeds of crime acquired through illicit drug trafficking activities and found to be directly linked with drug peddling operations. The accused is also involved in FIR No. 196/2024 under Sections 8/15 of the NDPS Act, registered at the concerned police station. The market value of the attached property is approximately ₹1.5 crore.
This attachment forms part of the sustained and strategic efforts of Police to dismantle the financial networks of drug traffickers and to send a strong message that crime does not pay.
SSP Kulgam Anayat Ali Choudhary, IPS said that Police has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking and narcotics-related activities. He warned that any person found involved in drug peddling, financing, harbouring offenders, or creating support networks for the narcotics trade will face strict legal action, including attachment of property, financial investigations, and prosecution under stringent provisions of law. He further stated that drug traffickers must understand that illegal wealth will be identified, seized, and dismantled, and that no one will be spared under the law. He also appealed to the public to cooperate with police, share information, and help in protecting the youth and society from the destructive impact of drugs—(KNO)