Srinagar, May 20: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided different sites in nine districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday in connection with various terror funding cases under investigation by the agency.
In collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force, multiple NIA teams conducted searches at the homes of suspects and OGWs.
A NIA Spokesman said extensive searches were conducted in Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Awantipora, Anantnag, Handwara, Kupwara and Poonch districts.
“These raids were conducted on members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and overground workers were involved in conspiracies hatched by proscribed terrorist organisations and their affiliates,” he said.
The spokesman said NIA’s searches also focused on the J&K Terror Funding Case, registered suo moto by the agency on February 5, 2021.
“A large number of incriminating documents and digital devices with incriminating contents have been seized during these searches and are being scrutinized to track further links of the suspects,” he said.
The spokesman said the terror funding case pertains to the collection of funds by JeI (J&K) ostensibly for charitable purposes but has been using them instead for promotion of terror activities by proscribed terrorist organisations, such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) etc. NIA had earlier chargesheeted four persons in the case, involving well-organised cadres of the terrorist outfits operating in J&K.
“The NIA had, on June 21, 2022, registered another case against the various banned terrorist organisations and their newly floated affiliates. The case related to the conspiracies being hatched physically and in cyberspace by these outfits for carrying out violent terrorist attacks in J&K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms etc,” he said.
The spokesman said the banned organisations and their affiliates have been engaged in conspiring to commit acts of terror and violence. By radicalizing local youth and mobilizing overground workers with the aim of disrupting the peace and communal harmony of J&K, he said.
The spokesman said continuing with its investigations in both these cases, NIA has been moving swiftly to take action against some of the recently launched affiliates of the banned terrorist organisations.
“The list includes such as LeT, HM, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Al-Badr, Al-Qaeda, etc. Among the affiliates under NIA scrutiny are The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF,” he said.
NIA Spokesman said the investigations so far have shown that cadres and workers of these outfits are involved in collection and distribution of sticky bombs, IEDs, funds, drugs and weapons and ammunition, as well as in spreading activities relating to terror, violence and subversion in J&K.
On May 15, NIA conducted searches at 13 locations in Kashmir linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of several proscribed Pak-backed terror organisations.
Crackdown on terror: SIU conducts raids at five locations in Doda dist
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Doda Police on Saturday carried out raids at houses of five local terrorists presently operating from Pakistan in Gandoh area of Doda district.
Senior Superintendent of Police of Doda district Abdul Qayoom said the raids were conducted by the SIU in the Gandoh area in connection with a case registered against the five terrorists in 2021 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
“In the operation, SIU Doda searched houses of Atta Mohd @ Adil Mubassir, a resident of Tanta Kahara, Mohd Yasir @ Shahid ,a resident of Kunthal Tanta, Mohd Shafi @ Nadeem Bhai, a resident of Trinkal tehsil Kahara, Amjid Ali @ Rashid,a resident of Trinkal Kahara and Majid Hussain @ Abu Zahid Saqib, a resident of Manoie tehsil Chilli Pingal Gandoh,” he said.
SSP Doda said that all these local terrorists have ex-filtrated to Pakistan in the early 90s and are presently operating from Pakistan.” They are in a desperate attempt to revive terrorism in District Doda by way of contacting the local youth through various virtual modes and instigating them to join militancy”, he said.
SSP further stated that the evidence and clues surfaced during the searches are being used in the investigation of the case, which will lead to the identification of terrorist supporters and sympathisers who are working as OGWs for terrorist organisations and will be booked under the law.
