NIA awards life-imprisonment to three Kashmiri youth

SRINAGAR, April 25 (SABAH): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, India’s dreaded National Investigation Agency (NIA) has awarded life-imprisonment to three innocent Kashmiri youth in a fake funding case.

The Special Judge of the NIA in Jammu, Ashwani Sharma, handed down life-imprisonment to the youth Majid Ali Sheikh, Shah Nawaz and Majid Amin.

The youth were arrested by Indian Army Intelligence and Special Operation Group on December 28, 2004 near Tarore, Bari Brahmana area when they were travelling in a vehicle from Delhi to Jammu.

They were awarded rigorous imprisonment for life and a fine of sum of Rs 10,000. Both the punishments shall run concurrently, the NIA court said.