NIA recovers financial documents, gadgets in raids across Kashmir

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, MAY 25 (STC): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recovered several incriminating financial documents and electronic gadgets suspected to be related with the activities of Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) and its various trusts/associations in J&K after it conducted raids today at three locations in in a terror funding case.
According to an official statement, the searches were conducted at three locations in Srinagar and Shopian districts of Kashmir.
Notably, the NIA has been probing the separatist and secessionist activities of Jama’at-e-Islami J&K, declared an unlawful association under the UA (P) Act, as part of its investigation in the case RC-03/2021/NIA/DLI.
As per the official statement, the NIA’s investigations so far have revealed that JeI was actively involved in collecting terror funds and fueling terrorism in the Valley and other parts of India. It was engaged in collecting funds domestically and internationally in the name of donations for charity and welfare activities such as health and education. It was diverting such funds towards violent and secessionist activities, and also channeling them to proscribed terrorist organisations such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) others through well-organised networks of cadres.
The JeI terror conspiracy further involved radicalisation and recruitment of impressionable Kashmiri youth as new members (Rukuns) for carrying out secessionist activities.
NIA is continuing with its investigation in the case in a bid to end the outfit’s secessionist activities and dismantle the terror network operating in J&K, the statement added.

(Straight Talk Communications)