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India-Pakistan
I Waved Tiranga From My Heart: Brother Of Hizbul Terrorist After Hoisting Tricolour In Kashmir
2023-08-15
A video of Rayees Mattoo, the brother of a Hizbul
.. Hizb ul Mujahideen (HM), the militant wing of Jamaat i-Islami, on Pakistan’s ISI payroll for the purpose of conquering Indian Kashmir...
terrorist, hoisting a national flag at his residence in Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
has gone viral.

A widely circulated video on social media showed Rayees, the sibling of Hizbul terrorist Javid Mattoo, proudly waving the Tricolour from his residence's window.

Speaking to ANI, he said that he hoisted the flag without any pressure. Mattoo also claimed that he is not in touch with his brother.

"I waved the Tiranga from my heart. There was no pressure from anyone...Saare jahaan se achha Hindustan hamara, hum bulbule hain iske ye gulistan hamara. There is development. For the first time I am sitting at my shop on 14th August, it used to be shut for 2-3 days. The previous political parties were playing games...My brother became one (a terrorist) in 2009, we don't know anything about him after that...If he is alive, I urge him to come back...The situation has changed, Pakistain can't do anything...Hum Hindustani theyy, hain aur rahenge," he told the news agency.
Related:
Hizbul : 2023-08-04 OGW detained under PSA in J&K’s Rajouri: police
Hizbul : 2023-08-01 ‘NGO Funding Case’: NIA raids multiple locations in Kashmir
Hizbul : 2023-07-23 NIA raids absconding accused's house in Hizb conspiracy case
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India-Pakistan
Terrorist killed in Poonch was veteran Hizb commander: Army
2023-08-08
[GreaterKashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] Quoting a statement issued by PRO (Defence) Jammu, news agency GNS reported that the slain was identified as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Muneser Hussain.

"The killed (militant) has been identified on the basis of Police records as Muneser Hussain son of Sattar Mohammad of Bagyladra Poonch,"Lt Col Suneel Bartwal said, in the statement.

In 1993, he said, Hussain went to PoK, came back in 1996 and again returned to PoK in 1998."He has criminal masterminded [a] number of attacks on SFs [security forces]. As per police records, his family of two wives and children are residents of Surankote, Poonch."

Hussain was a close associate of Maulana Dawood Kashmir (TuJ) who in turn is a close associate of Syed Salahuddin
...the aging, morbidly obese chief of Hizbul Mujaheddin and the titular head of the United Jihad Council in idyllic Kashmire. Originally owned body and theoretical soul by Jamaat-e-Islami he and his organization are currently controlled by Pakistain's ISI. Salahuddin's hobbies include crocheting doilies shaped like the Taj Mahal, combing his enormous beard, and eating....
, he said.

"Recently high-level meeting of HM group took place in Islamabad which he attended. Agenda of meeting was revival of HM in Rajouri Poonch," he said, adding, "From this we can make out that Muneer Hussain along with his body guard was sent with the agenda of reviving HM in Rajouri Poonch / South of Pir-Panjal (SPPR)."

The PRO said that Hussain was given a larger leadership role of "Tanzeems and told to revive terrorism South of Pir Panjal"

Hussain, he said, was the senior most leader of HM. "He is the most dreaded (militant) killed in the last 10 years in Rajouri/Poonch."

He said it was evident that Pak is trying to send old krazed killer "veterans" to JK to motivate and recruit youth thus making "desperate attempts to revive" militancy.
Related:
Poonch: 2023-08-07 Two terrorists killed as army foils infiltration bid in J&K's Poonch
Poonch: 2023-08-07 Few groups of terrorists still active in Poonch, Rajouri districts: ADGP Jammu
Poonch: 2023-07-31 SIA raids in connection with narco case in J&K's Poonch
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India-Pakistan
Terrorist associate detained under PSA in Kishtwar: Police
2023-08-05


Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
Police on Thursday detained a terrorist associate under Public Safety Act(PSA) in Kishtwar.

Police said that in order to ensure public safety and safeguard national security, the Kishtwar Police, as a preventive measure, detained Abdul Karim Butt, a resident of Badhat Saroor, tehsil Drabshalla in district Kishtwar under PSA. He happens to be brother of hardcore HM A++ category bad boy namely Jahangir Saroori.
Mr. Saroori was a district commander of Hizb ul Mujahideen (HM), the militant wing of Jamaat i-Islami on Pakistan’s ISI payroll for the purpose of conquering Indian Kashmir, so it seems safe to assume that Mr. Butt is likewise involved with HM.
Quoting a top police officer, news agency Kashmir Scroll reported that the detained bad boy associate was previously involved in anti national activities and accordingly was booked under provisions of UAPA Act and is facing trial in NIA court.

The officer said that the person's current activities are prejudicial to the security of the country and his free movements in the society also create circumstances to radicalise youth.Accordingly, the subject has been detained under PSA and lodged at District Jail Kishtwar.
Related:
Kishtwar: 2023-08-01 J&K High Court quashes govt order to seal two seminaries in Kishtwar
Kishtwar: 2023-07-27 Terrorist associate arrested during CASO in Anantnag: Police
Kishtwar: 2023-07-23 NIA raids absconding accused's house in Hizb conspiracy case
Related:
Jahangir Saroori: 2023-07-23 NIA raids absconding accused's house in Hizb conspiracy case
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India-Pakistan
NIA raids absconding accused's house in Hizb conspiracy case
2023-07-23


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday raided the residential premises of an absconding accused in the Hizb ul Mujahideen (HM)
...the militant wing of Jamaat i-Islami on Pakistan’s ISI payroll for the purpose of conquering Indian Kashmir...
terror conspiracy case, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Riaz Ahmed @ Hazari, a resident of Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, said an NIA front man, in a statement.

"NIA has announced a cash reward of Rs 3 Lakh for leads on Riaz Ahmad @ Hazari. The searches conducted today at his house led to the seizure of one mobile phone, which is being analysed," he said.

The case, registered initially by ATS, UP Lucknow on 12th September 2018, was re-registered by NIA as case RC-02/2018/NIA/LKW under UA (P) Act on 24th September 2018.

"The case, registered against one Kamruk Zaman & others, related to a criminal conspiracy to carry out terror attacks by HM cadres at different places in U.P and other parts of India."

Kamrun and one absconding accused, Osama Bin Javed, were chargesheeted in NIA Special Court, Lucknow on 11th March 2019 under various sections of IPC and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Osama was killed in an encounter with security forces on 28th September 2019.

Subsequently, on 29th May 2021, a Supplementary Chargesheet was filed against arrested accused persons Nisar Ahmad Sheikh and Nishad Ahmad Butt, both residents of J&K. A second supplementary chargesheet was filed against arrested accused Danish Naseer on 25th November 2022.

"Investigations have revealed that accused Kamruj Zaman was radicalized by Osama Bin Javed to join the HM and both received nine months of physical and weapon-handling training by HM cadres. Absconding accused Riaz Ahmad @ Hazari, an active bully boy and district Deputy Commander of the HM, along with another co-accused Mohammad Amin @ Jahangir Saroori, also an active bully boy and District Commander of HM, was involved in recruiting and training accused Kamruj Zaman and Osama Bin Javed in the forests of Kishtwar district of J&K."

"After completion of training, Kamruj was directed to set up bases and hideouts, and select targets in U.P, Assam and other parts of India for terrorist activities. Accordingly, he had come to Kanpur where he had also carried out reconnaissance of a few targets."
Related:
Hizb ul Mujahideen: 2016-08-10 Was Kashmir’s Burhan Wani an al-Qaeda operative?
Hizb ul Mujahideen: 2002-04-09 Hizbul Mujahideen threatens to target National Conference
Related:
Kishtwar district: 2023-07-12 SIU raids in J&K's Kishtwar at houses of 'terrorists' operating from Pakistan
Kishtwar district: 2023-06-11 Police search HM terrorist’s house in J&K's Kishtwar
Kishtwar district: 2023-05-25 SIU continues raids at multiple locations in Kishtwar
Related:
Kanpur: 2022-08-07 'Hundreds protest Operation Breaking Dawn
Kanpur: 2022-07-06 Man who allegedly funded Kanpur violence arrested
Kanpur: 2022-07-01 Indian police arrest two suspects for beheading Hindu man over support for anti-Islam remarks
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India-Pakistan
NIA raids 12 locations in J&K in terrorist conspiracy case
2023-06-27


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted a series of raids across four districts of Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
as part of its continuing investigations into the conspiracy of the newly-floated offshoots of proscribed Pakistain-backed terrorist outfits to destabilise J&K.

The agency in a statement said that twelve locations in the four districts of Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian and Pulwama were raided as part of today’s crackdown. The locations were residential premises of hybrid murderous Moslems and Overground Workers linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of the banned terrorist outfits. Premises of sympathisers and cadres of these organizations were also searched extensively in the raids.

It said that several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating data have been recovered by NIA in these searches. These will be subjected to a thorough scrutiny by the agency to unravel the details of the terrorist conspiracy, which NIA started investigating a year ago after registering a suo moto case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) on 21st June 2022.

The statement said thag the newly floated terror outfits being probed by NIA include The Resistance® Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others. These outfits are affiliated to Pak-backed organizations like Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), al-Badr, al-Qaeda, etc, which have been banned by the Government of India.

"The cadres and workers whose premises were raided are under the NIA’s scanner for their involvement in the collection and distribution of sticky bombs/magnetic bombs, IEDs, funds, narcotic substances and arms/ammunitions. They have been engaged in spreading activities relating to terror, violence and subversion in J&K, according to the NIA investigations, " it said.

Investigations have revealed that Pak-based operatives were using social media platforms to promote terror. Drones were being used by them to deliver arms/ammunition, explosives, narcotics etc. to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir valley.

The terror conspiracy under investigation relates to plotting by the banned outfits in both physical and cyber space to unleash violent mostly peaceful terrorist attacks in J&K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms etc. The organizations, supported by their masters in Pakistain, have been conspiring to commit acts of terror and violence, by radicalizing local youth and mobilizing overground workers, to disturb peace and communal harmony in J&K.

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India-Pakistan
NIA attaches 3 properties in Srinagar belonging to 2 Hurriyat leaders in terror funding case
2023-06-14


NIA attaches property of incarcerated Hurriyat (G) leader Ayaz Akbar in Srinagar

[GreaterKashmir] National Investigation Agency (NIA) Tuesday attached the property of incarcerated Hurriyat (G) leader Ayaz Akbar in Shalteng area of Srinagar.

Quoting officials, news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that NIA pasted the notice of attachment on the immovable property that read “this is to inform all members of the public that the immovable property ie. land measuring 1 Kanal and 10 Marias under Survey No, 31 at mauza Shalteng Tehsil Srinagar (J8K), in the name of Muhammad Akbar Khanday So Ab. Rehman Khanday, R/o Malora near Imam-ul-Bana Masjid, P.S Parimpora, Srinagar, J&K, as Abadi Deh, has been attached under the Court Orders dated May 31, 2023 in RC-101 20177 NIA/ DLI, by the Special NIA Court, Patiala House Courts, New Dehli.” Muhammad Akbar Khanday is the father of Ayaz Akbar, who is presently serving detention in New Delh’s Tihar Jail since past six years. Ayaz Akbar’s wife passed away in April this year after losing battle to cancer.

NIA attaches two more properties in terror funding case in Kashmir

[GreaterKashmir] A day after attaching 17 properties of Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday attached two more properties, belonging to another accused, in the Hurriyat terror funding case in Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, the agency said in a statement.

The properties of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC)
...an alliance of 26 political, social and religious Moslem organizations formed in 1993 as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri separatism. In other words, a willing tool of Pakistan...
separatist leader Mohammad Akbar Khanday include nine kanal land and a 2-storeyed house in Srinagar. These have been attached on the orders of Special NIA Court, New Delhi, under section 33(1) of UAPA.

"Khanday, currently in Tihar Jail facing trial in the terror funding case, was the Spokesperson/ Media advisor of Hurriyat Conference (G). He was raising and collecting funds from within India and abroad through various illegal channels and was using the same to sponsor and promote separatist and terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir," the NIA said.

The statement said that Khanday, who was closely connected with other separatist leaders of the APHC, was operating in close association with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and he used to collect funds for unlawful and violent mostly peaceful activities. He was also actively involved in activities aimed at secession of Jammu and Kashmir from the Union of India, NIA investigations have revealed, it said.

The case, filed suo moto by NIA in May 2017, relates to terrorist and secessionist activities being carried out by ISI-backed proscribed terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir. These banned outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
(LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
(JeM), Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) etc, were using the APHC as a front for their activities, NIA investigations stated. They were spreading terror and perpetrating violence in the Kashmir valley by promoting and conducting attacks on civilians and security forces, it said.

The agency has so far filed chargehsheets against 17 persons, including Hafeez Saeed, the Amir of Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
h and LeT and a UN listed terrorist, as well as Mohd. Yusuf Shah@ Syed Salahuddin
...the aging, morbidly obese chief of Hizbul Mujaheddin and the titular head of the United Jihad Council in idyllic Kashmire. Originally owned body and theoretical soul by Jamaat-e-Islami he and his organization are currently controlled by Pakistain's ISI. Salahuddin's hobbies include crocheting doilies shaped like the Taj Mahal, combing his enormous beard, and eating....
, the Chief of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM).

Related:
Hurriyat: 2023-05-04 Senior separatist among 3 found involved in terror funding: SIA
Hurriyat: 2023-04-05 Residences of two Hurriyat leaders among six locations raided by SIA in Kashmir: Officials
Hurriyat: 2023-03-05 NIA attaches property of militant comdr killed in Pak
Related:
Ayaz Akbar: 2015-09-04 Hurriyat's Geelani writes 'secret' letter to Sharif
Ayaz Akbar: 2008-08-24 1 killed, indefinite curfew clamped all over Kashmir valley
Related:
Srinagar: 2023-06-11 4 Kashmiris among 5 with links to Islamic State arrested: DGP Gujarat
Srinagar: 2023-06-01 In crackdown on newly floated terror outfits, raids in Srinagar, Budgam: NIA
Srinagar: 2023-06-01 Four Pakistani Terrorists Intercepted By Indian Army Along Line Of Control
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India-Pakistan
Terror Funding SIU attaches property in Anantnag
2023-06-02


The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of J&K Police Thursday attached the under-construction house of a terrorist associate in Danwathpora Kokernag area of south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s Anantnag district.

A statement of SIU issued here said that continuing its crackdown on harbouring bully boyz and providing logistic support to them, SIU Anantnag, after obtaining necessary sanctions from the competent authority attached the under-construction residential house of a terror associate.

"During the investigation in case FIR No 103/2022 of Police Station Kokernag under UA(P) Act, an under construction residential house belonging to terrorist associate Muhammad Ishaq Malik, son of Mohammad Saifullah of Danwathpora, Kokernag has been found used by bully boyz of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen,"
...the military wing of Jamaat-e-Islami and yet another tentacle of the Pakistan ever-failing attempt to conquer yet another corner of the Indian subcontinent they feel entitled to...
the SIU statement said. "Accordingly, process for the attachment of the property belonging to the accused falling within the ambit of proceeds of terrorism was initiated by SIU Anantnag under section 25 of UA(P) Act and the confirmation related to the attachment of property was accorded by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir."

The statement said that people are advised not to harbour or provide shelter or extend logistics to bully boyz or terror associates in their houses, failing which strict legal action would be taken against anyone doing so.

It said that the SIU would continue identification and initiation of attachment and confiscation of properties falling under the ambit of proceeds of terrorism to shake the ecosystem of terrorism in J&K.
Related:
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2023-05-16 NIA Raids Multiple Locations In South Kashmir In Terror Funding Case
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2023-05-10 NIA conducts raids across 16 locations in J&K to crack down on newly-launched terror groups
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2023-02-19 Three Hizb turbans tied up in Kulgam
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India-Pakistan
NIA Raids Multiple Locations In South Kashmir In Terror Funding Case
2023-05-16
[OneIndia] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in South Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Pulwama and Shopian.

The raids are part of the investigation in a terror funding case. Sources tell OneIndia that the case pertains to terror funding and the criminal conspiracy hatched by terror groups operating under various pseudo names at the behest of their commanders in Pakistain.

On May 11, the NIA had raided the home of Abdul Khaliq,Javid Ahmad Dhobi at Syed Kareem and Shoaib Ahmad Choor at Sangri Colony in Baramulla district in connection with the same case.

The raids come in the wake of the horrific Poonch attack in which five soldiers were killed. Days after this attack five more soldiers bit the dust in an attack that took place in the forests of Rajouri.

Earlier on the NIA had attached the properties of three accused persons at various locations in Kashmir under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act following a court order.

The NIA has carrie out multiple raids in Jammu and Kashmir to crack down on new terror groups which have been mushrooming off late. In recent times groups such as the The Resistence Front, United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (UL J&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF among others have been operating in Jammu and Kashmir.

These groups have become prominent following the abrogation of Article 370. Home Ministry sources say that these are just other names for groups such as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...




NIA investigations so far have revealed that Jamaat-e-Islami (J&K) members had been collecting funds domestically and from abroad through donations as well as for purported charitable purposes, such as promotion of education and health.

"The funds were, instead, being used for violent and secessionist activities in J&K. They were also being channelled to proscribed terrorist organisations, such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and others through well-organised networks of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres," said the NIA.

Further, as per the investigations, Jamaat-e-Islami was also engaged in motivating the impressionable youth of Kashmir and recruiting new members (Rukuns) in J&K for carrying out violent, disruptive, and secessionist activities.
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India-Pakistan
NIA conducts raids across 16 locations in J&K to crack down on newly-launched terror groups
2023-05-10
[GreaterKashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] A week after similar state-wide searches, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out extensive searches in Jammu & Kashmir, in the premises of "cadres and hybrid Death Eaters and Overground Workers linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of several major banned Pak-backed terror outfits."

The raids, in the terror conspiracy case, were continuing till late in the evening. They were spread across locations in Anantnag, Srinagar, Budgam, Shopian, Kulgam and Baramulla districts of Kashmir, as well as in Poonch, Rajouri and Kishtwar districts of Jammu, said an NIA front man, in a statement.

The NIA has been investigating the activities of newly floated terrorist groups, such as "The Resistance® Front (TRF)", "United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (UL J&K)", "Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH)", "Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF)", Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others. These outfits are affiliated to Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), al-Badr, al-Qaeda, etc., he said.

Tuesday’s raids, conducted at a total of 16 locations (12 in the Kashmir Valley and four in Jammu division), were part of NIA’s investigations into the activities of OGWs and cadres in support of these new terror outfits. "These cadres and workers have been found involved in collection and distribution of sticky bombs/magnetic bombs, IEDs, cash, drugs and small weapons, as well as in spreading activities relating to terror, violence and subversion in J&K. Investigations have further revealed that Pak-based operatives were using drones to deliver weapons, bombs, drugs etc. to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir valley."

NIA had earlier, on 2nd May, conducted raids at 12 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the seizure of incriminating material and digital devices, in the terror conspiracy case it had registered suo motu
...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard...
on 21st June 2022, added the front man.

"The case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) related to the hatching of a conspiracy, both physical and cyber space, and plans by the proscribed terrorist organizations to unleash violent mostly peaceful terrorist attacks in J&K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms. The plans are part of a larger conspiracy by these terrorist outfits to commit acts of terror and violence, in association with local youth/overground workers, to disturb peace and communal disharmony in J&K."

Conspiracy case: NIA raids underway at 15 locations in J&K

[GreaterKashmir] Ahead of G-20 summit in Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday conducted raids at 15 locations in Jammu and Kashmir including summer capital Srinagar in a militancy conspiracy case registered by the national probing agency.

Quoting official sources, Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) reported that sleuths of NIA with the assistance of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF carried out raids at Srinagar, Shopian, Kulgam, Budgam, Baramulla, Anantnag, Poonch and Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The searches are being carried out in the Pakistain backed terrorist conspiracy case registered by the national probing agency.

In Srinagar, NIA teams raided the joint residential house of Mohammad Ayoub Pakhtoon, Tariq Ahmad and Safin sons of Late Habibullah Pakhtoon at Kursoo Rajbagh near Jamia Masjid.

Similarly, another team raided the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Pinjoo son of Ghulam Rasool Pinjoo, a resident of Mustafa-Abad Zakoora.

In Budgam, another team of NIA searched the premises of Sajad Ahmad Khan son of Gaffar Khan at War Sangam and apprehended him for questioning. The house of Fayaz Ahmad Rather son of Abdul Aziz Rather, a resident of Mir Mohalla Nasrullahpora was thoroughly searched by the agency.

In south Kashmir’s Kulgam NIA teams raided the residential houses of Rouf Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Nabi at Rampopra Qaimoh and Shahnawaaz Hajam at Sangus Kulgam.

In Shopian the sleuths of NIA searched the residential houses of Showkat Ganie son of Ghulam Mohammad Haji at Khurampora and Mudasir Rehman son of Abdul Rehman Khan at Killora Malikgund.

At Chatergul, Anantnag, a BSC student identified as Ulfat Jan daughter of Mohammad Ayoub Pathan has been apprehended and questioned by the sleuths of NIA.

Residential house of Umar Iqbal Haji son of Mohammad Iqbal Haji at Khiram Anantnag was also searched by the agency.

The raids are being conducted at two locations in Poonch and 1 in Rajouri districts of Jammu region.

An official confirmed the raids and said the searches were pertaining to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the terror groups operating under various pseudo names, at the behest of their Pak commanders/handlers.
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India-Pakistan
Residence of Hizb terrorist's father searched in Kashmir
2023-05-07


Continuing its crackdown on terror elements, Special Investigation Unit (SIU) conducted searches in the residential premises of Abdul Gani Bhat, father of active terrorist Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Nali, at Chek Desen Yaripora in South Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Kulgam district, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Saturday.

Farooq Bhat is an active terrorist of proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen
...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
and is wanted in many terror related cases.

"The searches were conducted after Designated Special Judge Under NIA ACT, Kulgam issued a search warrant in case FIR No. 142/2019 of P/S Yaripora Kulgam," police said.

The case pertains to the killing of five non-local labourers at Katrosa Kulgam in 2019.
The mills of Justice grinding slowly... though to be fair, there was that whole changing of Kashmir’s status thingy that led to a police lockdown, followed by the Covid lockdown, which no doubt slowed the hunt considerably.
The SIU is investigating the case and has been conducting searches and investigations to bring the perpetrators to justice, said the police.
Related:
Hizbul Mujahideen: 2023-03-05 NIA attaches property of militant comdr killed in Pak
Hizbul Mujahideen: 2023-02-25 Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin spotted at funeral of top terrorist wanted in India, killed in Pak
Hizbul Mujahideen: 2023-01-02 Year 2022: Life span of terrorists down in J&K, 89% killed within one month of joining terror group
Related:
Abdul Gani Bhat: 2016-03-07 Hizb comdr killed, soldier injured in Kulgam
Abdul Gani Bhat: 2007-10-14 Kashmir ceasefire: remembering failure
Abdul Gani Bhat: 2007-06-09 Qaeda declares war on India
Related:
Farooq Ahmad Bhat: 2022-07-16 Five youth prevented from joining terrorist ranks in Srinagar: Police
Farooq Ahmad Bhat: 2017-05-02 5 cops, 2 bank guards killed in militant attack
Farooq Ahmad Bhat: 2008-05-30 Hizb ul-Mujahideen eyes the coming Kashmir polls
Related:
Kulgam district: 2023-02-19 Three Hizb turbans tied up in Kulgam
Kulgam district: 2022-12-11 NIA puts up posters in Kashmir seeking information about 4 militants
Kulgam district: 2022-07-06 Two local terrorists surrender during Kulgam encounter
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Three Hizb turbans tied up in Kulgam
2023-02-19




Three associates of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen oufit were arrested along with arms and ammunition in south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s Kulgam district, police said today.

In a major success in curbing turban activities and to safeguard the public from these miscreants, yesterday at about 1719 hours, police parties of PC Hatipora and Police station Behibagh arrested three turban associates of banned turban outfit HM and recovered live arms and ammunition from their possession, reported news agency GNS while quoting a police statement.

According to a police front man, based on a credible input regarding anti-national elements carrying illegal arms and ammunition with them moving in a vehicle, Kulgam police established a specific Naka at Daderkoot, Alamganj Crossing.

All the three persons were detained and after sustained interrogation, preliminary investigation reveals that they are involved in turban crimes and are providing support to turban organisatioA (Motorcycle) bearing registration No JK22-8034 was intercepted by the police parties present. While searching the vehicle and the said suspected persons; following illegally kept arms and ammunition were recovered, they include 01 Pistol, 02 Pistol Magazines and13 live Pistol rounds from their possession, he said.

All the three persons were detained and after sustained interrogation, preliminary investigation reveals that they are involved in turban crimes and are providing support to turban organization. Identity of the said persons has been ascertained as Mohd Abass Wagay S/O Mohd Ramzan Wagay R/O Wuyan, Imamsahab, Gowhar Shafi Mir S/O Mohd Shafi Mir R/O DK Pora Shopian and Nisar Rehman Sheikh S/O Abdul Rahman Sheikh R/O DK Pora Shopian, he said.

In this regard case with FIR No 05/2023 under relevant sections of law stands registered in Police Station Behibagh further investigation into the matter has been taken up, reads the statement.
Related:
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2023-01-23 Longest surviving HM terrorist arrested: Police
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2023-01-08 Pak-backed Dr Asif Maqbool Dar who used social media to flare up terror designated as terrorist, JeM offshoot banned
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2022-09-25 Ex-minister Babu Singh, who got funds from Pak-based terror organisations, chargesheeted
Related:
Kulgam district: 2022-12-11 NIA puts up posters in Kashmir seeking information about 4 militants
Kulgam district: 2022-07-06 Two local terrorists surrender during Kulgam encounter
Kulgam district: 2022-06-28 J&K: Two militants killed in encounter in Kulgam
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Longest surviving HM terrorist arrested: Police
2023-01-23


Police and 44 RR of the Army arrested the oldest surviving terrorist of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit on Sunday.

A statement of J&K Police issued here said that missing since year 2017, Nasir Ahmad Sher Gojri alias Qasim Bhai, son of Ali Muhammad Sher Gojri of Hom Huna Nagbal was involved in various criminal cases.
Related:
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2023-01-08 Pak-backed Dr Asif Maqbool Dar who used social media to flare up terror designated as terrorist, JeM offshoot banned
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2022-09-25 Ex-minister Babu Singh, who got funds from Pak-based terror organisations, chargesheeted
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen: 2022-08-10 Charity funds raised by JeI diverted to terrorist organisations: NIA
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