New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted a series of raids across four districts of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its continuing investigations into the conspiracy by newly-floated offshoots of proscribed Pakistan-backed terrorist outfits to destabilise J&K, officials said.
“Twelve locations in four districts of Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian, and Pulwama were raided as part of today’s crackdown. The locations were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and Overground Workers linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of the banned terrorist outfits. Premises of sympathisers and cadres of these organisations were also searched extensively in the raids,” an official said.
The official said that several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating data was recovered during the raid which will be subjected to a thorough scrutiny by the agency to unravel the details of the terrorist conspiracy.
“We are probing the newly-floated terror outfits which include 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. These outfits are affiliated to Pakistan-backed organisations like Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), and Al-Badr, Al-Qaeda,” said the official.
The NIA said that cadres and workers whose premises were raided are under the NIA’s scanner for their involvement in the collection and distribution of sticky bombs, magnetic bombs, IEDs, funds, narcotic substances and arms and ammunition.
The official said that they have been engaged in spreading activities relating to terror, violence and subversion in J&K. “Investigations have revealed that Pakistan-based operatives were using social media platforms to promote terror. Drones were being used by them to deliver arms/ammunition, explosives, narcotics etc. to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir valley,” said the official.
“The terror conspiracy under investigation relates to plotting by the banned outfits in both physical and cyber space to unleash violent terrorist attacks in J&K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms. The organisations, supported by their masters 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,” the NIA said.
IANS
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