New Delhi, December 11
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Lucknow sentenced one accused to multiple sentences of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and life imprisonment in a Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen (HM) terror conspiracy case.
Kamruz Zaman of district Hojai, Assam, has been convicted and sent to jail by the special court in a criminal conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of India.
The case was re-registered by NIA after taking over the investigation from ATS Lucknow in September 2018. Five accused were chargesheeted in the case. They included one absconding accused Osama Bin Javed, who was later killed in an encounter with security forces in September 2019.
NIA investigations established that accused Kamruz Zaman, along with co-accused, had hatched a criminal conspiracy for waging war against the Government of India, and had conspired to carry out preparatory acts with a view to targetting various Hindu temples. He was also involved in raising funds, knowing that the funds would be used by HM members for terrorist acts.
It was further found during investigations that Kamruz Zaman was radicalized by accused Osama Bin Javed to join the proscribed terrorist organization HM. They were both recruited to HM by two active militants, namely Mohammad Amin, a district commander of HM, and Riyaz Ahmad @ Hazari, a district deputy commander of HM, both resident of Kishtwar (J&K).
The two HM militants were also involved in the physical and weapons handling training of Kamruz Zaman and Osama Bin Javed in the jungles of Kishtwar, following which Kamruz Zaman was instructed to set up bases, hideouts and select targets in UP, Assam and other parts of India for carrying out terrorist activities. Accordingly, Kamruz had come to Kanpur (UP), where he had also carried out reconnaissance of a few targets.
