JAMMU/SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency on Saturday conducted raids at 15 locations across J&K and arrested a terror associate in connection with the recovery of a 5kg improvised explosive device from two terrorists at Sunjuwan on the outskirts of Jammu on June 27, and the February 6 arrest of Hidayatullah Malik, the chief of Lashkar-e-Mustafa — an offshoot of terror group JeM — on the outskirts of Jammu.
In the Jammu region, the NIA raids are being carried out in Sunjuwan (Jammu city) and Banihal (Ramban district) and at Shopian and Anantnag in the Kashmir region.
“A terror associate Irfan Ahmed Dar from Anantnag’s Batingoo was arrested on Saturday. Preliminary investigation revealed that he was involved in carrying out terror activities in collusion with other arrested accused,” NIA said.
An NIA spokesperson said digital devices, including cellphones, hard disks, memory cards, pen drives, laptops and many booklets containing incriminating information, handwritten jihadi material, ID card of Al-aqsa media besides used bullet shells have been recovered from the premises of the arrested accused and the suspects in the case.
NIA had on July 22 arrested two terrorists of Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) for carrying out subversive activities in J&K. The duo — Mohammad Arman Ali alias Arman Mansuri (20) and Mohammad Ehsanullah alias Guddu Ansari (23) — was arrested in connection with a case registered on February 6, 2021, for a conspiracy by Lashkar-e-Mustafa to carry out terror activities in J&K. The same case was then taken over by NIA.
