The National Investigative Agency (NIA) by Rajnish Singh on Friday targeted minorities and security personnel in 14 locations in the states of Jammu and Kashmir for terrorist activities by various terrorist groups banned in the Union Territory (UT). We searched for people involved in the expansion.
Search operations were conducted by the NIA in Krugam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Sopole and Jammu districts. In a statement, the NIA said various incriminating materials, including digital devices, SIM cards and digital storage devices, were seized from the raided facility.
According to authorities, the case is linked to a criminal conspiracy to carry out terrorist and subversive activities created by various banned organizations’ Executives and Ground Workers (OWG) and their affiliates and offshoots. , which operates on request under various pseudonyms. of Pakistani commanders and handlers. “They are using cyberspace in Jammu and Kashmir to carry out terrorist attacks, target minorities and security personnel, and spread communal disharmony,” the NIA said.
The case was registered as suo-moto by the Jammu chapter of the NIA on June 21 of this year. The NIA raid is part of an operation against such organizations that target minority communities because the government has a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism.
Home Minister Nityanand Rai recently gave Raja Sabha written answers to questions, stating that “a total of 14 people belonging to minorities, including three Kashmiri Pandits, had been killed in federal territory by 30 November this year. He also said 123 terrorist attacks had taken place in Jammu and Kashmir so far this year, killing 180 militants, 31 security personnel and 31 civilians.
However, the minister said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly, with terrorist attacks dropping significantly from 417 in 2018 to 229 in 2021. For local news outlets, Rai said eight of his journalists working in Kashmir had been threatened by extremists and four of his had quit their jobs.
“Eight journalists working for a Srinagar-based local newspaper reportedly received threats through the terror blog Kashmir Fight. Four journalists reportedly resigned. The resigned journalist belongs to the news agency ‘Rising Kashmir’. The case is registered with Shelgari Police Station in Srinagar,” he said. Regarding the steps taken to improve security measures, Rai said: Take proactive steps to apprehend/neutralize terrorists and provide a reasonable level of security for police/other security agencies to protect the lives of media personnel. (Ani)
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