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Pulwama funding cases: NIA carries out searches in south Kashmir

Raids on houses of Jaish-e-Mohammad members accused in the terror attack

PTI New Delhi Published 27.02.19, 11:01 AM
Students light candles to pay tribute to the soldiers killed in the Pulwama terror attack at a school in Jammu on February 21, 2019.

Students light candles to pay tribute to the soldiers killed in the Pulwama terror attack at a school in Jammu on February 21, 2019. PTI

The NIA on Wednesday carried out searches at 11 locations in south Kashmir in connection with cases related to the February 14 terror attack on a CRPF convoy and funding of separatists and terror groups, according to an official statement.

The houses of Mudassir Ahmad Khan and Sajjad Bhat, members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad and key accused in the terror attack in Pulwama, were searched, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) statement said.

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Also, the residences of active overground workers of the Jaish in Tral, Awantipora and Pulwama areas of south Kashmir were searched, it said.

The probe agency said the houses of three separatist leaders from south Kashmir — Mohd Shaban Dar, Shawkat Maulvi and Yasmine Raza — were also searched in connection with a terror funding case.

Documents related to terror funding, coded messages and Jihadi literature have been seized, the agency said.

During the searches, NIA teams also recovered a large number of incriminating documents containing details of property and financial transactions, electronic devices, mobile phones, SIM cards, etc., it added.

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