Jammu, Mar 19 (KNO): Intensifying the crackdown against terror supporters in Jammu sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at 12 locations in the region on Wednesday.
The raids, according to a NIA statement issued to the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), were held in connection with infiltration of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists.
The statement said that the NIA received information regarding infiltration of LeT and JeM terrorists into India through the international Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC). “Terrorists were facilitated by Overground Workers (OGWS) and terror associates living in border areas. Besides providing logistical support, food, shelter and money, the suspects were involved in guiding the terrorists through the difficult terrains of Jammu province to ensure their safe passage,” it said, adding, “ The terrorists were then believed to have made their way to the hinterland districts of Kathua, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar, Reasi, Rajouri, Poonch, and also to the Kashmir Valley.”
The NIA statement said multiple locations were searched across Jammu. “NIA teams conducted extensive searches at the homes of over ground workers (OGWs) linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of banned terrorist organisations such as the LeT and JeM,” it said, adding, “Premises of sympathizers and cadres of these outfits were also searched as part of the action taken by the anti-terror agency in the case RC-04/2024/NIA/JMU.”
The statement as per KNO said that the case is linked with the series of attacks carried out by terrorists on security forces and civilians some months ago as part of a larger criminal conspiracy by terror organisations to wage a war against the Government of India.
“A total of 12 locations in Jammu district were searched today as part of the operation, and several incriminatory materials linking the terrorists with OGWs were seized. NIA teams are examining the material to unravel the terror conspiracy,” it reads. (KNO)