New Delhi, July 14 (KNS): In a major breakthrough in the J&K terror conspiracy case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested two persons, involved with Kashmiri terror groups, from Srinagar.
According to a statement, issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS) the duo, Mushaib Fayaz Baba and Hilal Yaqoob Deva belonged to the Shopian district and were working for Pak-based commanders and handlers of proscribed terrorist organizations, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its shadow outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), among others.
The statement reads that the arrests came on the heels of a series of raids conducted by the NIA at the residential premises of Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of the banned terrorist organizations and their newly-floated offshoots and affiliates in recent days.
“Several digital devices were seized during the raids, which were scrutinized by the agency, as part of its investigations in the case (NIA Case RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU).”
It reads that investigations have revealed that two accused arrested today were in continuous contact with Pakistan-based commanders and active members of various terrorist outfits through social media applications.
“They were working as OGWs of the terrorists, and had been actively involved in transporting weapons and funds from one place to another, on the directions of Pak based commanders and handlers, as part of a bigger conspiracy.”
It added that the conspiracy had been hatched by cadres and OGWs of various proscribed terrorist organizations in cohort with their Commanders based in Pakistan.
“These cadres and OGWs were actively involved in the collection and distribution of huge consignments of narcotics, cash, small arms/weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other types of IEDs, including remote-controlled sticky bombs / magnetic bombs. Such terrorist hardware and IEDs are either delivered over drones or also assembled locally, for terrorist attacks in J&K, investigations have revealed.”
It further reads that the terror conspiracy was aimed at disturbing peace and communal harmony by carrying out terrorist acts and waging a war against the Government of India.
“As per NIA investigations, the terrorist outfits were involved in targeting of minorities, migrants and security personnel etc. The conspiracy had been hatched both physically and through cyberspace, by using secured encrypted social media apps.” (KNS)