On Tuesday morning, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) began conducting raids around the Pulwama area of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to authorities, the searches are being carried out at several sites in the Pulwama area of South Kashmir in relation to cases involving terrorism links and terrorism funding. More information is awaited.
Earlier on July 11, NIA conducted searches at five locations in South Kashmir in a terror conspiracy case.
Similarly, in May this year, the NIA also searched 13 locations in Budgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Srinagar, and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir in a case that relates to the hatching of a conspiracy by terror outfits through both physical and cyberspace.
As per the NIA, which registered the case last year, proscribed terrorist organisations hatched plans to unleash violent terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir with sticky bombs, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)and small arms.
The agency had earlier said that the plans were part of a larger conspiracy by these terrorist outfits to commit acts of terror and violence, in association with local youth and overground workers, to disturb the peace and communal disharmony in Jammu and Kashmir.
A specialized law enforcement agency that combats terrorism is called NIA. The agency has the ability to undertake the investigation of terrorism-related offenses across states pursuant to a signed order from the Ministry of Home Affairs, without the necessity for specific agreement from states.