Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir): The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday conducted raids at the houses of five militants in Kishtwar district of Jammu and three other locations in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district in connection with militancy funding case, sources said.
A senior police officer said that a team of SIU raided three places in Reshipore Tral area of Pulwama district in connection with militancy funding case. The raids have been conducted in connection with FIR No.10 of 2023 registered at Police Station Tral. It was not immediately known whether anyboody had been arrested during the raids or any recoveries were made.
Similar raids were conducted by the SIU in Kishtwar district of Jammu as well. The SIU raided five terrorists' houses in Kishtwar district in connection with a terror support and terror funding case, a senior official said. He said that the houses belonged to terrorists who are operating from Pakistan and are engaged in revival of terrorism in the region
Kishtwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khalil Poswal said that five SIU teams along with police carried out the raids after obtaining search warrants from NIA Court, Jammu, in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case. The raids were conducted at the houses of Shahnawaz alias Nayeem of Chirool Padyarna, Nayeem Ahmed alias Amir alias Gazi of Jamia Masjid, Mohammad Iqbal alias Bilal of Kichloo Market, Shahnawaz Kanth alias Munna alias Umer of Hullar Kishtwar, and Javid Hussain Giri alias Muzamil of Kundali Pochal, he said.