NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The State Investigation Agency (SIA), a special cell of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, on Saturday continued with its crackdown on “networks of militant outfits” and raided multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley.
The SIA said ₹29 lakh was recovered during the raids carried out in Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Srinagar and Budgam districts. “Continuing to rein in the networks of (militant) outfits with a purpose of destroying its ecosystems completely, the SIA conducted searches at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley,” the SIA said.
The case was pertaining to the members of Al-Badar, a militant organisation based in Pakistan, “which with active support and connivance of Pakistani agencies, hostile to India, under a well-knit criminal conspiracy with some identified persons and over-ground workers in the Valley are raising funds for furtherance of (militant) activities in J&K,” the agency said.
The SIA said money was raised and transferred through financial markets, unregulated channels and cash couriers. The agency said it also seized passbooks, cheque books and digital devices like mobile phones and other articles during the raids. “Analysis of data would follow and leads that would emerge would become the basis for further investigation,” the SIA said.
It added the searches were aimed at dismantling the militant ecosystem in the Valley “by identifying over-ground workers supporting and abetting militancy.”
(Manas Dasgupta)