NIA Raids At 3 Locations In Kashmir Targets Newly Formed Terror Offshoots; Incriminating Material Seized

Security personnel stand guard outside a house being raided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), at Aripathen, in budgam district.

SRINAGAR, May 31: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at three locations in Kashmir in connection with its ongoing crackdown on the newly floated terror outfits, an official said.

The daylong raids and searches were conducted in Srinagar and Budgam districts, during which incriminating literature and several digital devices were seized, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.

 

 

The spokesperson said the raids were conducted at the residential premises of sympathisers and cadres, hybrid terrorists and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) linked to newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of proscribed Pakistan-backed terror outfits such as the Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr and Al-Qaeda.

The searches were part of the ongoing investigations into the activities of the recently formed terrorist groups including The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers and People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), the spokesperson said.