Today on 19.07.2022, State Investigation Agency (SIA), Jammu with the help of District Police and Civil Administration of District Baramualla conducted well coordinated raids at multiple locations of District Baramulla i.e. Nambla Uri, Baramulla in connection with terror funding case registered at Police Station Gandhi Nagar vide case FIR No. 73/2022 dated 31.03.2022 under sections U/S 13, 17, 18 UA(P) Act, 1967, with stands transferred to SIA Jammu. During the raids, large number of evidences with regard to smuggling of narcotics from across the border and generating the funds from the same for financing the terror modules, separatists, OGWs, to the families of killed terrorists have been established. Besides, during the course of investigation, it has been found that the money generated from the narcotic substances has also been used to finance some fake journalists for creating fake/wrong narrative against the Union Territory to support and glorify terrorism by using different social media platforms etc. for the indoctrinating and alluring youngsters into terrorism. Moreover, during the raids some people who were found involved in the nexus of narcotic terror financing have been arrested under relevant sections of law and investigation is proceeding to establish the involvement of some more people in the nexus who are already under scanner. It is pertinent to mention here that a sum of Rs. 6.9 lakhs have already been recovered by Police in the instant case. The Police spokesperson said that more raids are expected in coming days and the efforts will remain continue to demolish such modules operating in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
