SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations across the Valley as part of its efforts to crack down on a sleeper cell module of terrorist organisations, officials said.
During the raids, some suspects were detained for questioning, they added.
The State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted extensive searches at eight locations across seven districts of the Kashmir Valley as part of an ongoing investigation into case FIR No. 01/2025 registered at Police Station CI/SIA Kashmir.
According to officials, the case pertains to a sleeper cell module operating in the Valley at the behest of commanders of proscribed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
“The module is being used for spreading secessionist propaganda, radicalising, and recruiting youth into terror ranks,” they said.
The searches were carried out simultaneously across seven districts from all three police ranges — North, Central, and South Kashmir.
“During the raids, substantial incriminating material was seized, and several suspects were rounded up for further questioning,” the officials said.
Preliminary investigations have revealed the active involvement of these entities in a terrorist conspiracy aimed at propagating and furthering anti-India narratives, not only challenging the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India but also inciting disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred, they added.
The searches underscore the SIA’s continued and unrelenting efforts to dismantle the entire module and strike at the roots of the terror ecosystem, officials said. — (PTI)