NEW DELHI: In a terror funding case, an Indian court sentenced Kashmiri independence fighter Yasin Malik to life in jail, according to Indian media.

According to the Times of India, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought the death penalty for the Kashmiri politician and chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), but the court instead sentenced him to two life sentences.

Two life sentences and five 10-year sentences of harsh imprisonment were handed down by the NIA court. According to NDTV, the Kashmiri leader has also been charged with a $1 million fine.

Last Monday, the Hurriyat leader was found guilty in the terror-funding case after pleading guilty to all counts, including those under the Unlawful Activities Act.

Yasin had refused to contest the charges, which included Sections 16 (terrorist act), 17 (fundraising for a terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit a terrorist act), and 20 (membership of a terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA, as well as Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.

The Hurriyat leader was arrested by the Indian authorities in 2019, the same year that the special status of Indian-occupied Kashmir was withdrawn.

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