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J&K Police has produced a secret report showing that there is a massive, 17.91 crore racket of donation racket attributed to humanitarian aid to Iran. The counterfeit emerged when the Iranian Embassy brought out a legitimate request of help on March 14 in the backdrop of tension in the region.

It was claimed that fraudsters and a group of intermediaries stole the call and exploited emotional and religious pleas to raise enormous donations, mostly from the Shia groups, in money, gold, jewelry, livestock, and household goods. There were top receipts at Budgam (₹9.5 crore), Baramulla (₹4 crore), and Srinagar (₹2 crore), and other sums were collected by other districts such as Kulgam, Bandipora, Ganderbal, and Pulwama.

The leaders believe that the money was not finding its way into Iran but was diverting, and this is making authorities question whether it might be misused. The J&K Police and the intelligence services have initiated investigations into the matter, calling upon the people to deposit money only to the official Iranian Embassy account and be on the lookout for unlicensed campaigns. The case evokes the history of abnormal crowdfunding in the area.