SRINAGAR: In a massive crackdown against the banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), police in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday carried out raids at more than 200 locations across the district.
According to officials, the searches were conducted at the houses and premises of JeI members and their associates as part of ongoing efforts to dismantle networks supporting militancy and to neutralize their ground-level influence.
Sources said that during the past four days alone, more than 400 Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs) have been conducted across different areas of the district, including locations previously associated with encounters, militant hideouts, and Over Ground Workers (OGWs).
Officials confirmed that around 500 individuals with links to banned organisations, including JeI and JKNOPs, have been interrogated so far. Many of them have reportedly been bound down and shifted to District Jail Mattan in Anantnag under preventive detention laws.
During the raids, police seized incriminating documents, digital devices, and other materials of evidentiary value. Several JeI members were also questioned to trace wider networks allegedly aiding militant activities.
Police reaffirmed their zero-tolerance approach towards militancy and related support structures, stating that no element would be allowed to disturb peace and public order in Kulgam. [KNT]
