New Delhi (Sputnik) — An Indian court on Friday convicted an operative of the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba for money laundering with the intent of funding terror.
Lashkar-e Toiba terrorist Bilal Ahmed Quta convicted for money laundering under PMLA by Principal City Civil Judge & Special Judge, #Bengaluru for hatching a conspiracy during 2001-2007 to wage a war against India.
— ANI (@ANI) February 9, 2018
Bilal Ahmed Quta, who operated from India's southern state of Karnataka, was arrested in 2007 by the local police when he was de-boarding a bus with an AK series assault rifle, 200 bullets, five hand grenades and a satellite phone. He was charged with waging a war against the government of India. Later in 2009, Bilal Ahmad Quta was charged with terror funding and booked under the PMLA by India's Enforcement Directorate.
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Meanwhile, India's premier investigating agency, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two other Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives from Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in connection to another case of money laundering for terror funding.
