Srinagar, Mar 15: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Friday conducted raids across four districts of Jammu division, as part of investigation of its probe into a Pakistan-backed terror conspiracy case. Incriminating material was recovered during the raids, officials said.
Special teams of the SIA aided by the local police and CRPF started the searches in the early hours of Friday in Jammu districts and raids were conducted at multiple locations.
A Police official said after obtaining search warrants from the designated court in Jammu, SIA teams carried out searches simultaneously at three places in Doda district, two places in Reasi district and one place each in Ramban and Jammu districts.
He said raids were conducted at the residential premises of Hasan Babar Nehru and MohdIrfan of Bhagwah and Sabder Ali of Phagsoo in Doda; Abdul Rashid of Arnas and Shamshad Begum of Pouni in Reasi; Abdul Rashid Naik of Khari in Ramban; and Sajad Ahmed alias “Shadu” in the Sidhra area of Jammu.
“Several android mobile-phones and incriminating material were seized during the searches. We are expecting some leads from the seized articles to reach the bottom of a deep-rooted conspiracy of terrorist networks,” the police official said.
He said that raids were conducted in connection with an ongoing probe into a case registered at the SIA, Jammu, to unravel a criminal conspiracy hatched by the cadre and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of various terrorist organisations and their affiliates or off-shoots to carry out terrorist and subversive activities.
He further said that there was number of border guides and couriers are active in the hinterland and assist terrorist networks of different outfits by facilitating infiltration of terrorists from across the border, and further guiding them through the tough and treacherous terrain by bypassing anti-infiltration obstacles set up by security forces.
“Many of them are also in touch with their Pakistani handlers and active terrorists, operating from across the border, through their mobile phones and using different applications,” the police official said.
The police official said that during Friday’s searches, some crucial digital and documentary evidence like cellphones, pen drives, SIM cards, data cards, bank documents, and passports relevant to the ongoing investigation were recovered and seized.
“The investigation is underway in the case and more raids are expected in this case,” he added.
“ The agency said that the “nefarious scheme” was part of a broader conspiracy hatched by international terrorist organizations. Earlier, SIA conducted searches at 18 locations in summer capital Srinagar to investigate a “trans-national” human trafficking case,” the agency said.
