The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 7.32 lakh of Aijaz Hussain Khawaja, who is a convicted Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist. In 2003, Khawaja was one of the 44 winners of the President's National Awards for artisans and handicrafts.
The slain Hizbul commander was accused in a rape case and was absconding. JK police has stated that with this encounter, Doda has again become terrorist-free.
The new domicile law has replaced the 93-year-old 'state subject law' which barred non-permanent residents from owning land and immovable property in the erstwhile state.