STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Continuing to rein in the networks of terror outfits with a purpose of destroying its ecosystems completely, State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir on Friday conducted searches at multiple locations across South Kashmir.
The residential premises of suspects in Anantnag, Awantipora, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian were searched in compliance to search warrant obtained from the Court of Special Judge, Designated under NIA Act (TADA/POTA), Srinagar in connection with investigation of case FIR No. 16/2022 u/s 13, 18, 19, 38, 39, 40 UA(P) Act, read with 120-B, 121 IPC registered in Police Station CIK (SIA) Kashmir.
According to officials, the case pertains to a terrorist grid active in the Valley. The details being investigated are at the initial stage and these pertain to masterminds in Pakistan, who with active support of Pakistani Intelligence Agencies and in connivance with proscribed terrorist organization(s) like JeM, LeT and its offshoot TRF based in Pakistan, have been activating their Over Ground Workers (OGWs) for initiating, organizing and executing terror activities in the Union Territory. The Pakistani masterminds have been comprehensively identified. Their particulars, however, are being kept confidential so that other agents connected with them are not alerted, the officials added.
During the searches, incriminating material, mobile phones and other articles, having bearing on the investigation, have been recovered and seized.
Analysis of the data would follow and leads that would emerge would become the basis for further investigation.
It is pertinent to mention here that the searches are aimed at dismantling the terror ecosystem in the Valley by identifying OGWs supporting and abetting terrorism.
