Terror conspiracy case: NIA raids 8 locations in J&Okay, seizes incriminating knowledge, digital units

NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Tuesday raided eight areas throughout Jammu and Kashmir in reference to the fear conspiracy hatched and operationalised by the offshoots of the banned Pakistan-backed terrorist organisations, resembling Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr and Al-Qaeda.

The locations searched included seven districts of Poonch, Shopian, Pulwama, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara and Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir.

The areas raided had been residential premises of hybrid terrorists and Overground Employees (OGWs) related to the newly-formed associates and offshoots of the banned terrorist outfits.

In depth searches had been additionally performed on the premises of the cadres and sympathisers of those newly floated organisations, which included The Resistance Entrance (TRF), United Liberation Entrance Jammu and Kashmir (ULFJ-Okay), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF, amongst others.

The searches led to the seizure of a number of digital units containing massive volumes of incriminating knowledge and paperwork by the NIA, which has been investigating the conspiracy of the lately launched offshoots of the banned terror outfits to destabilize Jammu and Kashmir by violent terrorist assaults and actions.

The NIA had registered the case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) suo moto on June 21 final yr to probe the involvement of the cadres, Overground Employees and different suspects of the brand new outfits within the assortment and distribution of sticky bombs and magnetic bombs, Improvised Explosive Units (IEDs), funds, narcotic substances and arms and ammunition to unfold terror, violence and subversion in Jammu and Kashmir.

The NIA investigations to this point have revealed that Pak-based operatives had been utilizing social media platforms to advertise terror, and had been additionally utilizing drones to ship arms and ammunition, explosives and narcotics to their operatives and cadres within the Kashmir valley.

“These actions had been being carried out as a part of the fear conspiracy hatched by the banned outfits, backed by their masters in Pakistan.

The conspiracy additionally concerned radicalization of native youth and mobilization of OGWs to hold out violent and disruptive actions in Jammu and Kashmir,” mentioned the NIA.