Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at several places in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the terror funding case. An NIA official associated with the investigation said the agency, in association with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), is conducting searches at several places in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
While officials are still silent on sharing details of the case, sources aware of the development said that the anti-terrorism probe agency is conducting raids at 40 places, including Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Anantnag, Budgam, Rajouri, Doda, and others. Shopian. The agency is also conducting searches at the premises of senior members of the banned terror outfit Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI).
News agency ANI also confirmed the development, saying that the residence of a Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) member Gul Mohammad War is being raided.
Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamic movement founded in 1941 in British India by Islamic theologian and socio-political philosopher Abul Ala Maududi.
A day earlier, the NIA conducted searches at seven places in connection with the DJ Halli and KG Halli police station attacks in Bengaluru. The agency had conducted searches at seven places in the premises of seven absconding accused in Bengaluru, against whom charge sheets have been filed in the case.
During the search, various incriminating documents and electronic devices were seized from the premises of the absconding accused. The two cases were originally registered at DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations respectively, which pertain to an incident on August 11, 2020.
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