The NIA carried out searches at 16 places in Jammu and Kashmir after registering a case to unearth a conspiracy hatched by varied terror teams to hold out assaults within the Union Territory and different main cities, together with New Delhi, an official stated. Four terrorist associates have been arrested. Wednesday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had registered the case on October 10 and began investigation.
An NIA spokesperson on Tuesday arrested 4 accused individuals – Waseem Ahmed Sofi, Tariq Ahmed Dar, Bilal Ahmed Mir alias Bilal Fafu and Tariq Ahmed Bafunda, all residents of Srinagar, throughout searches carried out in Srinagar, Pulwama and Shopian districts on Tuesday. did. stated.
The NIA stated that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused arrested are terrorist associates or Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of varied banned terrorist organizations and have been offering logistical and materials help to terrorists of their nefarious designs.
“During the searches conducted yesterday (Tuesday), several electronic devices, jihadi (holy war) documents and records of suspicious financial transactions were seized,” the spokesman stated.
The NIA stated the case was acquired in reference to conspiracy, each bodily and cyber area, by cadres of banned terrorist organizations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to hold out violent terrorist acts in main cities together with Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi. associated to the knowledge. , Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr and different related organizations and their allies corresponding to The Resistance Front (TRF) and People Against Fascist Forces (PAFF).
The terrorist associates/over floor staff of those organizations are conspiring with their masters and commanders based mostly within the neighboring nation to radicalize them with the intention of recruiting and coaching native youth to cope with arms, ammunition and explosives. are additionally included. spokesman stated.
The spokesman stated that these terrorists and cadres have perpetrated various terrorist acts, together with the killing of many harmless civilians and safety personnel, and initiating a reign of terror within the Kashmir Valley, thereby difficult the authority of the state.
The NIA stated that additional investigation within the case is on.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
