STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at four places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in connection with a case related to cross-LoC trade and terror financing, an official said.
The searches were conducted at three locations in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and one in Handwara in Kupwara district, a spokesperson of the NIA said.
The spokesperson said the case pertains to generation of additional profits through trade across the Line of Control (LoC) between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and using the proceeds for fomenting terrorist activities in the Union territory.
The case was registered on December 16, 2016.
The cross-LoC trade started in 2008 via two trade facilitation centres in Baramulla and Poonch.
The trade has been suspended since April 2019.
