Special NIA court orders attachment of property of U.S.-based Kashmiri lobbyist

A peculiar NIA tribunal successful Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam territory connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) ordered the attachment of implicit 1.5 kanals (1 kanal is adjacent to 5,445 sq ft) of onshore belonging to U.S.-based Kashmiri lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Shah alias "Dr Fai".

Judge Yahaya Firdous passed the bid aft Assistant Public Prosecutor Mohammad Iqbal Rather moved an exertion seeking attachment of spot of Fai nether Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code (85 of BNSS) connected the crushed that this tribunal had already declared the accused arsenic an absconder successful a lawsuit registered successful 2020 nether assorted sections of the UAPA.

"... this tribunal directs collector Budgam to connect the immovable spot of onshore measuring 1 kanal and 2 marlas nether Khewat No 60, survey No 466 successful colony Wadwan and onshore measuring 11 marlas nether Khewat No 136, Survey No 343 situated astatine colony Chattabugh (belonging to Fai) and instrumentality possession forthwith.

"Before attaching the property, territory collector Budgam shall guarantee that the assistance of gross authorities is taken to place and demarcate the property," the tribunal said successful a seven-page order.

It directed the Budgam Senior Superintendent of Police to supply indispensable support, if required, to the Collector portion attaching the property.