NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday launched coordinated searches at 32 locations across Jammu and Kashmir in a continued crackdown on Pakistan-backed terror outfits and their offshoots, which have allegedly been conspiring to destabilise the region.According to an official statement, the raids targeted residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers linked to banned organisations like The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, and PAAF. These groups are considered offshoots of proscribed outfits such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Al-Badr.The agency suspects these individuals have been aiding terror infrastructure by facilitating operatives, transporting sticky bombs and IEDs, managing funds, and handling arms, ammunition, and narcotics.The NIA said the Pakistan-based handlers have been using online apps and social media to radicalise youth and coordinate activities, while also deploying drones to drop weapons, explosives, and drugs in the Kashmir Valley.During Thursday’s raids, NIA recovered two live cartridges, a fired bullet head, a bayonet, and multiple digital devices containing incriminating material. Officials say the devices will undergo forensic analysis to uncover further evidence.The searches are part of an ongoing investigation into a larger conspiracy to disrupt peace and communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir.
