Lagatar24 Desk
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 16 places in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, in connection with the ‘ISIS-Voice of Hind case and the Bathindi IED recovery case.
The NIA carried out simultaneous searches in various districts in the Union Territory which also includes Srinagar, Anantnag, Kulgam and Baramulla, with the assistance of the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police. The NIA had also conducted searches at two locations in Karnataka’s Bhatkal and arrested key accused Jufri Jawhar Damudi in the ISIS-Voice of Hind case.
The NIA had conducted multiple searches in Jammu and Kashmir on July 11 this year in the same case and had arrested three accused Umar Nisar, Tanveer Ahmad Bhat and Rameez Ahmad Lone, all residents of Achabal area of Anantnag district.
‘ISIS terrorists operating from various conflict zones along with ISIS cadres in India have created a network by assuming pseudo-online identities wherein ISIS related propaganda material is disseminated for radicalizing members to the fold of ISIS’, said NIA.
Notably, this case was registered on June 29 this year in connection with the conspiracy of the proscribed terrorist organization the Islamic State (ISIS) to radicalize and recruit Muslim youth in India to wage violent jihad against India. This online monthly magazine named VOH is being published since February 2020 and its publishers are accused of pushing Muslim youths in the Valley towards radicalization through magazines.
During earlier searches in the ISIS-Voice of Hind case, NIA claimed to have seized a large number of digital devices such as mobile phones, hard disks, SD cards etc.
Meanwhile, in the case of Bathindi IED recovery the agency had carried out searches on September 21 this year at eight locations in Jammu and Kashmir.
