National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at five locations in Shopian and Budgam in relation with “Al- Qaeda case of Uttar Pradesh.”
The case pertains to Umar Halmandi, an alleged Al-Qaeda operative, who along with other accused persons, had been “radicalizing and recruiting vulnerable persons for AQIS (Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent) and trying to raise Ansaar Gajwatul Hind (AGH) to carry out (militant) acts for which they had already arranged arms and explosive substances,” according to NIA.
“Today NIA conducted searches at 5 locations in Shopian and Budgam Districts of Kashmir in connection with investigation of the case,” reads the statement.
The case was initially registered as FIR No. 10/2021 on 11 July 2021, police station ATS, Uttar Pradesh and NIA had re-registered the same as RC-02/2021/NIA/LKW, on 29 July 2021.
“During the searches conducted today, large number of incriminating documents and digital devices have been seized,” the NIA claimed
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