Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 27: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at the residential premises against its cadres in Jammu and Kashmir, in its ongoing investigation against the outlawed Jamaat-e-Islami (Jel) group in a terror funding case.
The search operation was conducted by NIA along with Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from 6 am. Notably, NIA examined over a dozen Jel suspects for over a week at the agency headquarters here last month.
“We are looking for some more people linked to the Jel case and they will be summoned very soon as the examination is an ongoing process”, said the officials.
The NIA along with Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF had conducted searches at 56 locations on August 8 at 14 districts, in connection with the case registered on February 5 this year. Investigations by NIA revealed that the members of Jel have been collecting funds domestically and abroad through donations and these funds are being used for violent and secessionist activities.
