SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at 32 locations across Jammu and Kashmir as part of ongoing investigations into a terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-backed proscribed organisations and their offshoots aimed at destabilising the region.
“The searches were carried out at residential premises of alleged hybrid militants and overground workers associated with Pakistan-based offshoots such as The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, and PAAF. These groups are affiliated with proscribed organisations including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Al-Badr,” reads a statement.
The statement said the individuals whose premises were searched are under investigation for alleged involvement in supporting terrorist activities, including facilitating the movement of militants, and the collection and distribution of sticky bombs, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), funds, narcotics, and arms and ammunition.
According to the NIA, these organisations, backed by leaders based in Pakistan, have been engaged in a conspiracy to incite violence and carry out terror activities by radicalising local youth and mobilising overground workers, thereby disturbing peace and communal harmony in the region.
The agency said that the operatives based in Pakistan have been using social media platforms and online applications to promote terror-related activities. It also noted the use of drones to deliver arms, explosives, and narcotics to operatives in the Kashmir Valley.
“During the searches, the NIA recovered two live cartridges, a fired bullet head, and a bayonet. In addition, several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating material and documents were seized. These items will undergo detailed analysis as part of the ongoing investigation,” the statement reads. (KNO)
