New Delhi: Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Saturday performed raids at 15 places throughout Jammu and Kashmir as a part of its crackdown on the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in a terror funding case, an official stated.
The raids within the twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu together with Budgam in central and Kulgam and Anantnag in south Kashmir led to the seizure of incriminating paperwork and digital units linked with the actions of JeI and its associated Trusts and greater than Rs 20 lakh, a spokesperson of the federal company stated.
Nevertheless, official sources stated two individuals have been additionally detained in Jammu for questioning throughout the raids focusing on a non-public college and its functionaries together with chairman at Gujjar Nagar and Shaheedi chowk in Jammu.
They stated the residences of former Jamaat chief Sheikh Ghulam Hassan and one other chief, Sayar Ahmad Reshi, in Kulgam district have been amongst these raided.
The Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir was banned by the Centre for 5 years in February 2019.
The spokesperson stated NIA groups swooped down on the premises of varied suspects at 5 places in Srinagar, three in Budgam, two in Kulgam, one in Anantnag, and 4 in Jammu.
“The investigations within the case, registered on February 5, 2021, have up to now revealed that JeI and its members have continued to advertise terrorist and secessionist actions in J&Ok even after the outfit was proscribed underneath Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act in February 2019,” the spokesperson stated.
The individual added, “Operatives of the banned organisation had been gathering funds via donations from inside India and overseas.” The NIA stated the funds have been collected primarily within the type of ‘Zakat, Mowda and Bait-ul-Mal,’ purported to advertise charity and different welfare actions, resembling well being and schooling, however have been as an alternative getting used for finishing up violent and secessionist actions.
It was additional discovered that the funds raised by JeI have been additionally being channelled to different proscribed terrorist organisations, resembling Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) via nicely organised networks of JeI cadres, the spokesperson stated.
The official stated JeI was additionally engaged in inciting impressionable youth and recruiting new members (Rukuns) in J&Ok to additional its secessionist actions.
NIA had earlier chargesheeted 4 accused within the case, during which investigation remains to be on, the spokesperson stated.
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