Kashmir, 15/5: Widening its net on the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in a terror funding case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted multiple raids across Kashmir on members and sympathizers of the banned organization.
Reports said the NIA sleuths accompanied by J&K police and paramilitary forces conducted searches at the premises of JeI members and supporters at 13 locations in Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama (south Kashmir), Srinagar and Budgam (central Kashmir).
The raids, in the terror funding case, were continued till this report was filed in the afternoon. The NIA had not made an official statement on the matter till now.
Earlier on May 9, the premier anti-terror probe agency had conducted a raid suo moto registered the case ods at 11 locations across Kashmir at the premises of JeI members and supporters in the same case. The investigations so far by the NIA, which on February 5, 2021, have revealed that JeI has been collecting money ostensibly for charitable purposes, such as promotion of health and education