National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out searches at multiple locations in Kashmir during the investigations of alleged fund raising by banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for the violent and secessionist activities, the agency said.
The NIA spokesperson said searches were conducted at six locations in Baramulla, Budgam and Srinagar districts of J&K.
“During the searches conducted today at the premises of office bearers and members of JeI various incriminating documents and electronic devices were seized,” the spokesperson said.
The case pertains to the activities of the members of JeI who have been allegedly collecting funds domestically and abroad through donations particularly in the form of Zakat, Mowda and Bait-ul-Mal purportedly to further charity and other welfare activities but are using funds so collected for violent and secessionist activities.
“The funds being raised by JeI are also channellise to proscribed terrorist organisations such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and others through well organised networks of JeI cadres. JeI has also been motivating impressionable youth of Kashmir and recruiting new members (Rukuns) in J&K to participate in disruptive secessionist activities,” the spokesperson said.
The case was registered by NIA suo-moto on February 5, 2021.
“Further investigation in the case continues,” it added.
On Wednesday NIA had carried out searches in various location in two different terror related cases
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