The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at several locations in three districts of south Kashmir.
In a statement, a spokesperson said that NIA conducted raids at five locations in Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama and seized several digital devices containing massive incriminating data.
The statement reads that the locations raided today were residential premises of hybrid militants and OGWs linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of several banned Kashmiri militant outfits.
“Premises of sympathisers and cadres of these organisations were also raided. All these cadres and workers are being investigated for activities relating to militancy, violence and subversion in J-K.
NIA suspects their involvement in the collection and distribution of sticky bombs/magnetic bombs, IEDs, funds, narcotic substances and arms/ammunitions,” it reads.
It added that J-K militant conspiracy case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) was registered suo moto by NIA on 21st June 2022.
“It relates to a physical and online conspiracy by the banned militant organisations to launch a series of violent militant attacks in J-K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms etc. The Pakistan-backed outfits are also engaged in radicalizing local youth and mobilizing overground workers, to disturb peace and communal harmony in J-K.”
It further reads that as per NIA investigations, Pak-based operatives behind the conspiracy were using various social media platforms to spread terror among the people. “They were also using drones to deliver arms/ammunition, explosives, narcotics etc. to their agents and cadres in the Kashmir valley.”
It reads that the newly floated militant outfits under investigation 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 major banned militant organisations like Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr, Al-Qaeda, etc. (KNO)
