SRINAGAR: In continuation of its unrelenting efforts to crack down on the sleeper cell module, the State Investigation Agency carried out extensive searches at eight locations across seven districts in the Kashmir Valley today.
A spokesperson said that the searches were conducted as part of an ongoing investigation of a case. “The case is related to the sleeper cell module operating in the Valley at the behest of terrorist commanders of proscribed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. The module is used for spreading secessionist propaganda, thereby radicalising and recruiting the youth into the terror fold,” reads the statement.
It reads that today’s search operation was conducted simultaneously across seven districts in north, central, and south Kashmir. “During raids, substantial incriminating material has been seized, and the suspects have been rounded up for further questioning,” it reads.
It added that preliminary investigation has clearly brought out the active engagement of these entities in a terrorist conspiracy aimed at propagating and furthering anti-India narratives, not only to challenge the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India but also to incite disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred.
“Searches highlight the continued and unrelenting efforts of the State Investigation Agency to ensure that the whole of the module is dismantled with the aim to strike at the roots of the terror ecosystem,” it reads. (KNO)
