India asks FATF to get details of JeM’s trust

NEW DELHI: In a bid to corner Pakistan at the world stage, India has approached European countries and USA, who are part of the Financial Action Task Force ( FATF), seeking bank transaction details of Jaish-e-Mohammad ( JeM) owned al Rehmat Trust, which has several offices in Pakistan.

The banned terror outfit JeM, headed by Maulana Masood Azhar, enjoys the patronage of Pakistan, according to NIA. The group was responsible for the attack at Pathankot airbase and scores of other attacks on in Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi in its request before FATF has cited Section 17 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), that deals with raising of funds for terrorist activities.

“India is one of the key members of the global anti-financial terror body. We have sought details from banks in European nations where online transactions have been done using cash and car payments,” said a senior NIA official.

The letter rogatory sent to Pakistan in April by the agency seeking details of al-Rehmat trust did not yield any results, the official added.

NIA during Pathankot investigations, has claimed that JeM was using two websites namely rangonoor. com and alqalaamonline.com and the payments to host the websites were made by a person identified as Abdul Hasan associated with al Rehmat trust.

Investigators also suspect that the money collected by the trust through ‘Zakat’ is being used for funding and training terrorist modules.