Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 2: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched 12 locations in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday as part of its investigation into a case that was filed last year. The goal of the search was to find evidence of a criminal conspiracy to carry out terrorist and subversive activities that were planned by the cadres and overground workers (OWGs) of various organisations that are prohibited from operating as well as their affiliates or offshoots at the direction of their Pakistani commanders and handlers.
In collaboration with security forces from the Union Territory and the Central Reserve Police Force, numerous NIA teams searched the homes of suspects and OWGs.
The NIA also carried out searches at several sites in Jammu and Kashmir on December 23 last year as part of the investigation into the case, which was brought about as a result of information indicating that several terrorist organisations that have been declared prohibited are promoting terrorist operations throughout Jammu and Kashmir. The agency then searched locations in the Kulgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Sopore, and Jammu districts.
According to the NIA, the case relates to a criminal plot to carry out terrorist and subversive activities that were hatched by the cadres and OGWs of various prohibited organisations, as well as their affiliates and offshoots, who were acting on the orders of their Pakistani commanders and handlers.
“They are involved in carrying out terrorist attacks by using cyber-space in Jammu and Kashmir, targeting minorities, security personnel and spreading communal disharmony,” it said.
The NIA had suo-moto registered the case on June 21 of last year.
The anti-terror agency had collected many incriminating items, including digital gadgets, SIM cards, and digital storage devices, from the houses of suspects during the search operation carried out last year.
