NIA raids 56 locations in J&K, searches houses of Jamaat’s top leaders
The Hindu
Action in connection with terror funding case comes in the wake of reports of regrouping by organisation
Eighteen months after the socio-religious group, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), was banned in J&K, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at 56 locations in 14 districts in the Union Territory (UT) in connection with a terror funding case in the wake of reports of regrouping by the banned organisation. Sources said the residences of former JeI heads and in-charge of JeI’s Falah-e-Aam Trust, a charity organisation that runs around 100 schools in the UT, were raided by teams of the NIA in Srinagar’s Soura, Nowgam, Bemina, Harwan and Lal Bazaar areas. House of JeI leader Dr. Mohammad Sultan Bhat, at present in Pakistan, was raided in Soibugh area of central Kashmir’s Budgam. Houses of ex-JeI presidents in Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Baramulla were also raided.More Related News