NIA Raids Multiple Locations In South Kashmir In Terror Funding Case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in South Kashmir's Pulwama and Shopian.

The raids are part of the investigation in a terror funding case. Sources tell OneIndia that the case pertains to terror funding and the criminal conspiracy hatched by terror groups operating under various pseudo names at the behest of their commanders in Pakistan.

On May 11, the NIA had raided the home of Abdul Khaliq,Javid Ahmad Dhobi at Syed Kareem and Shoaib Ahmad Choor at Sangri Colony in Baramulla district in connection with the same case.

The raids come in the wake of the horrific Poonch attack in which five soldiers were killed. Days after this attack five more soldiers lost their lives in an attack that took place in the forests of Rajouri.

Earlier on the NIA had attached the properties of three accused persons at various locations in Kashmir under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act following a court order.

The NIA has carrie out multiple raids in Jammu and Kashmir to crack down on new terror groups which have been mushrooming off late. In recent times groups such as the The Resistence Front, United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (UL J&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF among others have been operating in Jammu and Kashmir.

These groups have become prominent following the abrogation of Article 370. Home Ministry sources say that these are just other names for groups such as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad.