Police in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district have seized the residential house of Safdar Ali Dar in Modergam village for allegedly providing shelter to militants. The house was completely damaged during an encounter on July 6, 2024, in which a para commando and two militants were killed.
Notably, a joint security operation was carried out last year in Modergam village, leading to an intense gunfight that resulted in the killing of Para Commando Lance Naik Pradeep Nain, as well as militants Adil Hussain Wani of Kutipora, Shopian, and Faisal Bashir Lone of Kanipora, Shopian. Both militants were reportedly hiding in the said house when the encounter broke out.
Police today immediately reached the spot and officially seized the damaged house. A signboard was installed at the site, which reads: “This is to inform the general public that the fully damaged residential house constructed over land under survey number 214, khasra number 360, registered in the name of Safdar Ali Dar of Modergam, Kulgam, has been frozen or seized under Section 25 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.”
The notice further warns that no one is permitted to purchase the property, while the owner is prohibited from selling or leasing it.
This is the second such property seizure in Kulgam following encounters on the same day last year. Another encounter took place on the same day, at Chinnigam Frisal village of Kulgam, where five militants and a soldier were killed. The property involved in that encounter was also recently seized by the police under similar provisions.[KNT]
