NIA Conducts Raids In J&K For Pakistan’s Terror Funding Case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids in Jammu and Kashmir as part of a crackdown on terror funding. The raids are being carried out in several locations, including Kulgam, Sophian, and Bathindi. 

The NIA registered the case last year and is investigating a conspiracy to carry out terrorist activities. In Shopian, the raid is taking place at the house of Mohammad Yousuf Wani, who is a farmer. 

Earlier, the Sopore Police arrested two individuals affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and seized pistols and grenades from them. 

The NIA is conducting these raids to uncover the criminal conspiracy and activities being carried out by various proscribed organizations and their affiliates, who are operating under different names at the direction of their Pakistani commanders and handlers. 

The investigation is ongoing, and the NIA is taking action to prevent further terrorist and subversive activities in the region.

On Thursday (17th Aug, 2023) the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the house of a person named Shamil Saquib Nachan who was arrested in connection with the Pune Islamic State module case. 

The raid resulted in the seizure of various items that exposed the terrorist organization’s plan to disrupt peace and harmony in the country. 

The items seized include mobile phones, hard disks, and handwritten documents. Shamil and other members of an ISIS sleeper cell were involved in assembling and testing explosive devices. 

Their goal was to commit acts of terrorism and establish an Islamic State in India. The NIA has been conducting raids across the country to prevent further terrorist activities.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also arrested a ‘Most-Wanted’ Mohabbat Ali, a man from Rajasthan who was wanted in a case related to the smuggling of gold bars from Saudi Arabia. 

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The gold bars, weighing 18.56 kg and worth over ₹9 crore, were seized at the Jaipur airport in 2020. 

The NIA believes that this was part of a criminal conspiracy to smuggle gold into India and disrupt the country’s economic security. 

The arrested man, Mohabbat Ali, had been on the run since September 2020 and was declared a proclaimed offender. The NIA has filed a charge sheet against him and declared him the “most wanted” accused.