SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir Police have attached immovable properties valued at approximately Rs 66 lakh belonging to a father-son duo involved in drug trafficking in Bijbehara area of District Anantnag in South Kashmir.
The action follows investigations under FIR No. 167/2025 filed at Police Station Bijbehara against Mohd Saleem Dar, alias Sahib Matto, son of Abdul Rasheed Dar of Tulkhan, for offences under Sections 8/21 of the NDPS Act. During the probe, it emerged that his father, Abdul Rasheed Dar, had already been booked under FIR No. 113/2025 for offences under Section 8/20 of the same Act.
Investigations revealed that the duo had accumulated wealth through illegal narcotics trade, acquiring a double-storey residential house and a single-storey commercial shopping complex in Village Tulkhan. Following legal procedures and on the basis of concrete evidence, the properties were formally seized under Sections 68-E and 68-F of the NDPS Act.
Officials said the move underscores the JK Police’s ongoing campaign against drug trafficking and its zero-tolerance stance on drug-related crimes. Authorities reaffirmed their commitment to eradicating the narcotics menace from the region.
