Jammu, November 6, 2025 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out multiple searches in Jammu and Kashmir, including at the residence of former minister Babu Singh, as part of an ongoing probe into a narco-terror linked money laundering case, official sources said.
Searches were conducted at six locations in Srinagar and two in Jammu under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The case stems from a 2022 investigation by the J&K Police, when Mohammad Shareef Shah was apprehended while attempting to deliver ₹6.9 lakh in hawala money from Kashmir to Jammu for Jatinder Singh alias Babu Singh. The funds were allegedly intended to finance separatist and subversive activities in the region.
Investigators uncovered a Pakistan-backed narco-terror network involving Saif Din, Farooq Ahmed Naikoo, and Mubashir Mushtaq Fafoo, operating to channel drug proceeds into terror financing.
During 2021–22, heroin smuggled from Pakistan was sold in India, generating over ₹2 crore, which was deposited into local bank accounts in Srinagar and then transferred to accounts in Dubai through Indian nationals acting as “money mules.”
The funds were subsequently withdrawn in Dubai and routed to Hizbul Mujahideen operatives based in Pakistan, ED sources said.
The Special Investigation Agency (SIA) has already filed a chargesheet against 12 accused, including Babu Singh, and continues to probe the cross-border narcotics and terror funding nexus. Singh was arrested in April 2022, soon after his associate Shah was caught with hawala money in Jammu.
In 2024, two more individuals — including a police constable and a former sarpanch — were arrested, taking the total number of accused to 17.
Earlier this year, SIA teams also raided multiple premises linked to the suspects and seized electronic evidence connected to the narco-terror network.
