The National (*16*) Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out searches at 16 areas throughout Jammu & Kashmir in a case linked to new terror outfits within the Union Territory. In a press release, an NIA spokesperson mentioned that the searches have been carried out within the premises of cadres of hybrid terrorists and overground staff linked to newly shaped offshoots and associates of a number of main banned Pakistan-backed outfits.
The raids have been performed in Anantnag, Srinagar, Budgam, Shopian, Kulgam and Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri and Kishtwar districts. “The NIA has been investigating the activities of newly floated terrorist groups, such as The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (UL J&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others. These outfits are affiliated to Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr, Al-Qaeda, etc,” reads the assertion.
It added that the raids have been a part of NIA’s investigations into the actions of OGWs and cadres in assist of those new outfits. “These cadres and workers have been found involved in the collection and distribution of sticky bombs/magnetic bombs, IEDs, cash, drugs and small weapons, as well as in spreading activities relating to violence and subversion in J&K. Investigations have further revealed that Pak-based operatives were using drones to deliver weapons, bombs, drugs etc. to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir valley,” it mentioned.
It added that NIA had earlier on May 2 performed raids at 12 areas in Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the seizure of incriminating materials and digital gadgets, within the terror conspiracy case it had registered suo motu on 21 June 2022.
“The case is related to the hatching of a conspiracy, both physical and cyberspace, and plans by the proscribed militant organisations to unleash violent militant attacks in J&K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms,” mentioned the NIA. It added that terror associates’ plans are half of a bigger conspiracy by these outfits to commit acts of terror and violence, in affiliation with native overground staff, to disturb peace and communal disharmony in J&Ok.
