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,R.eh;::nana Yusuf, Babbar Mohsin Bagwala, Matloob Alam, Nazir Ahmed Qasid and
Farooq have been acquitted by the Delhi High Court, Delhi. On 10.8.2011, The
Hon'ble Division Bench of Supreme Court dismissed the appeal/petition of Mohd.
Arif@ Ashfaq and ordered to continue his death sentence confirmed by the Hon'ble
High)~~t of Delhi.

On 10.01.18 above mentioned Bilal Ahmed Kawa RIO Srinagar, Jammu &
Kashmir, Proclaimed offender and wanted in present case FIR No. 688/2000, PS
Kotwali, Delhi was apprehended from IGI Airport, Delhi. One Mobile Phone and
some docuements were recovered from his possession.

Accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa was a conspirator of Red Fort attack in the year
2000. During the investigation of the case it was revealed that the accused Mohd.
Ashfaq @ Aarif, used to receive money from Pakistan through Hawala operators,
which (the money) was used in the Red Fort attack and in other terrorist activities
in Jammu & Kashmir. AccusedMohd. Ashfaq further sent hawala money to Jammu
& Kashmir through different bank accounts. One of these account was of Bilal
Ahmad Kawa in Standard Chartered Grindleys Bank of Srinagar Branch, J &K.
Bilal Ahmad Kawa used to distribute this terrorist funding among the LeT
operatives in Kashmir. After the arrest of accused Mohd. Ashfaq in the year 2000,
Bilal Ahmad Kawa was hiding himself in Kashmir under an assumed fabricated
identity but his cover was blown a few days ago. He was alleged to be in touch with
Mohd. Ashfaq alias Mohammed Aarif alias Aarif, a Lashkar (LeT) commander who
was one of the prime conspirators of the attack. Ashfaq, who belongs to Abbottabad
in Pakistan, had been awarded the death sentence, the same was also confirmed by

the Supreme Court in the year 2011. He is lodged in Tihar Jail along with 10 others
who have been convicted in the case.

The present accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa, was absconding for the last around
17 years and remained wanted in the present case. He was also declared Proclaimed
Offender (PO) by the concerned court in the case. He requires thorough sustained
interrogation in the case. He is also required to be interrogated by other intelligence
agencies. The details of his associates are to be extracted from him through
sustained interrogation which requires lots of time.

It is, therefore, humbly requested to grant 10 days Police Custody
remand of the present accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa @ Bilal in the ~~ve ment~on!d)
case FIR No. 688/2000, PS Kotwali, Delhi,~ 1.-U~ 41AA~'l'l ~ ~~~
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(Dalip Kumar)
Inspr./Spl Cell/NDR
Lodhi Colony, New Delhi.
Dated: 11.01.2018