NIA raids 32 places in Kashmir in terror conspiracy case
Srinagar, June 6 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raids at 32 places in the Valley as part of its continuing investigations against terror conspiracy by Pakistan-backed proscribed terrorist organisations and their offshoots to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir.
The NIA said that these raided locations were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers associated with these Pakistan-based offshoots of The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others, which are affiliated to proscribed terrorist organisations such as Laskar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Al- Badr etc.
"The cadres and workers whose premises were searched are under the NIA's scanner for their involvement in supporting terrorist activities such as facilitating terrorists, collection and distribution of sticky bombs/magnetic bombs, IEDs, funds, narcotic substances, and arms/ammunitions," the NIA statement said, adding that according to the NIA investigations, the above-mentioned organisations supported by their leaders in Pakistan have been conspiring to commit acts of terror and violence by radicalising local youth and mobilizing overground workers, to disturb peace and communal harmony in J&K.
"Investigations have revealed that Pak-based operatives were using social media / online apps to facilitate and promote terror. Drones were being used by them to deliver arms/ammunition, explosives, narcotics etc. to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir valley," it said.
The NIA said that two live cartridges, one fired bullet head and one bayonet have been recovered during the searches.
A special NIA court on Thursday framed charges against four men for allegedly aiding terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district.
The charges have been framed against Muneer Hussain of Malwas, Tanveer Ahmed of Kulhand, Noor Alam of Baggar-Assar and Kunj Lal of Herani, who were booked under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) by the Dessa police station on July 16 last year.
Hearing the case under the UAPA, the additional district and sessions judge (fast track) of the NIA court framed the charges against the accused, police said....
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