Srinagar, May 1 -- Police on Thursday carried out searches at 21 places in the city here as part of a clampdown on the terror ecosystem launched in the aftermath of last month's Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people.
The houses where the searches were carried out included that of Al-Umar terror outfit founder Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latrum.
Latrum was released from prison, along with Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, in exchange for the passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight 814 in 1999.
A spokesperson of theJammu and KashmirPolice said they have intensified searches across multiple locations in the city, with the aim to dismantle the terror-supporting infrastructure in the district.
He said the searches were part of th...