India facing relentless terror attacks, says Delhi court; sends Laskar man to 7-year jail

Principal District and Sessions Judge Dinesh Sharma awarded the sentence on September 10 to the Lashkar-e-Taiba man, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in 2017.

New Delhi: Observing that the relentless terror attacks in the country was a concern for humanity, a Delhi court has sentenced a Pakistani national affiliated to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to seven years rigorous imprisonment for carrying out terror activities in India.

The court ordered that the Lashkar-e-Taiba man should be deported back to Pakistan after his sentence.

Principal District and Sessions Judge Dinesh Sharma awarded the sentence on September 10 to 23-year-old Mohammad Amir, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2017. The court ordered that he should be deported back to Pakistan after his sentence.

“The country is relentlessly facing violence on account of terror activities. Thousands of innocent people are killed in such activities. The terrorist activities not only cause loss of lives of innocent public but it also de-stabilises the economy of the country. The terrorist activity is a cause of concern for the entire humanity. The present case involves extremely serious offence,” the judge said.

According to the NIA charge sheet in the case, Amir and three others had illegally infiltrated into India from Pakistan along with weapons, ammunition, and other war-like stores with an intention to carry out attacks at different locations in India on the directions of their handlers based in the neighbouring country.

Amir’s other three associates were killed in an encounter with security forces on November 21, 2017, while he was arrested three days later from Magam, Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir in a joint operation of the Indian Army and the J&K Police.

Appearing for the convict, his counsel Kahorngam Zimik submitted that his client was a young man and was already repenting his mistake.