SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday attached 10 immovable properties worth approximately ₹8 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers in Srinagar under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
According to a police statement, the action was carried out by Police Station Nowhatta under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act after investigations established that the properties had allegedly been acquired through proceeds generated from illicit narcotics trafficking.
Among the attached properties is a double-storey residential house built on six marlas of land worth approximately ₹85 lakh belonging to Sajad Ahmad Sheikh, son of Bakhtavar Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Zahidpora Sheikh Colony, Hawal, attached in connection with FIR No. 55/2024 under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.
A double-storey residential house built on four marlas of land worth approximately ₹55 lakh belonging to Hajra Begum, wife of Fayaz Ahmad Khan, a resident of Tujgari Mohalla, Sheikh Colony, Nowhatta, was attached in connection with FIR No. 13/2022 under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.
Police also attached a four-storey residential house built on four marlas of land worth approximately ₹75 lakh belonging to Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh alias Gulloo, son of Late Ghulam Hassan Sheikh, a resident of Tujgari Mohalla, Sheikh Colony, Nowhatta, in connection with FIR Nos. 41/2021, 11/2018 and 06/2013 under the NDPS Act.
A single-storey residential house on four marlas of land worth approximately ₹55 lakh belonging to Fahmeeda alias Famba, wife of Late Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Tujgari Mohalla, Nowhatta, was attached in connection with FIR No. 32/2019 under Sections 8/20-29 of the NDPS Act.
The attached properties also include a double-storey residential house on five marlas of land worth approximately ₹75 lakh belonging to Abdul Ahad Sheikh, son of Dilawar Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Tujgari Mohalla, Nowhatta, linked to FIR Nos. 32/2019, 40/2019 and 48/2019 under the NDPS Act, and a three-storey residential house on five marlas of land worth approximately ₹90 lakh belonging to Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, son of Habib Ullah Sheikh, a resident of Sheikh Colony, Tujgari Mohalla, Nowhatta, attached in connection with FIR Nos. 57/2020, 46/2005 and 06/2006 under the NDPS Act.
Further, Police attached a double-storey residential house on 4.5 marlas of land worth approximately ₹90 lakh belonging to Altaf Ahmad Sheikh, son of Abdul Hameed Sheikh, a resident of Sheikh Colony, Androoni Kathidarwaza; a double-storey residential house on 5.5 marlas of land worth approximately ₹85 lakh belonging to Hyder Ali Wani, son of Sajad Ahmad Wani, a resident of Kathidarwaza, Rainawari; and a three-storey residential house on six marlas of land worth approximately ₹95 lakh belonging to Shakeel Ahmad Sheikh, son of Mohammad Sultan Sheikh, a resident of Kathidarwaza, Rainawari. All three properties were attached in connection with FIR No. 57/2025 under Sections 8/20, 22 and 29 of the NDPS Act.
Police also attached a double-storey residential house on seven marlas of land worth approximately ₹95 lakh belonging to Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ali Mohammad Sheikh, a resident of Barthana, Qamarwari, in connection with FIR No. 52/2019 under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.
Police said the attached properties, with a cumulative estimated value of around ₹8 crore, were identified during investigation as assets acquired through proceeds of narcotics trafficking. The action has been taken to dismantle the financial infrastructure of drug networks and deprive offenders of the benefits derived from the illegal drug trade.
The attachment was carried out as part of the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan.
Police reiterated that stringent legal action will continue against drug peddlers and others involved in the narcotics ecosystem and appealed to the public to share any information related to drug trafficking with the nearest police station, assuring that the identity of informants will be kept strictly confidential. — (KIMS)