NIA raids again in Jammu and Kashmir in terror funding case
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- A joint team led by NIA also conducted searches at other places in Srinagar
- This was also a part of the crackdown on terror in North Kashmir
- Several raids have been conducted in J&K in the last few months in connection with terror funding
Jammu and Kashmir: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raids at several places in Jammu and Kashmir in a major crackdown on Line of Control (LoC) trade and in a terror-financing case. As per the details, the NIA and the Jammu and Kashmir Police along with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted a joint operation.
Joint team led by NIA also conducted searches at other places in Srinagar as part of counter-terrorism operations in North Kashmir.
The development comes a day after the NIA raided four places in the union territory, including three places in Baramulla and one LoC in Handwara district in connection with a trade and terror financing case.
Raids were conducted on the premises of suspected LoC traders and associated persons, and the NIA claimed to have seized digital devices along with incriminating documents during these searches.
The matter pertains to using the money so generated to gain additional profits and promote terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir through cross-LoC trade mechanisms between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). .
The business was started in the year 2008 through two Trade Facilitation Centers (TFCs) located at Salamabad, Uri in Baramulla district and Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch district.
Trading has been suspended from the month of April 2019. The case was registered on its own by the NIA on December 16, 2016.
(with inputs from ANI)
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