In a fresh crackdown on an NGO terror-funding case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out raids at multiple locations in four districts of Jammu and Kashmir. As part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt and dismantle the terror financing network in Kashmir, the federal agency conducted comprehensive searches of the case linked to the raising of funds for sponsoring terrorist operations.
According to the information, extensive raids were carried out at seven locations in Srinagar, Budgam, Kupwara, and Pulwama districts, targeting trusts and individuals affiliated with the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS). The NIA said the JKCSS, an NGO, was allegedly involved in raising funds for banned terrorist organisations.
Where raids were conducted?
The raids were also carried out at places affiliated with NGO programme coordinator Khurram Parvez and his associate Irfan Mehraj -- both of who are under custody. Earlier in March, both Parvez and Mehraj were detained after investigations showed their roles in raising funds for the JKCCS from various foreign-based organisations and using those funds to foster instability and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the NIA.
It said subsequent investigations revealed that the JKCCS and the two arrested accused were actively involved in instigating and funding stone-pelting in an organised manner in the valley.
They had been working with various banned terrorist organisations operating in Jammu and Kashmir, it added.
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Several devices seized during searches
Several digital devices and incriminating documents related to financial transactions were seized in the searches in the case registered suo-moto by the NIA on October 8, 2020, the agency said.
The case relates to activities of certain NGOs, trusts, societies and organisations involved in collecting funds domestically and abroad, and transferring the same to separatist and terrorist organisations to sustain terrorist and secessionist activities in Kashmir, it said. The NIA had earlier conducted searches at 23 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Bangalore in the case.
(With inputs from PTI)
