Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out raids at several locations in four districts of Kashmir valley in connection with an alleged terror funding case, sources said. The raids were launched in Budgam district in central Kashmir, Baramulla and Kupwara in north Kashmir and Pulwama district in south Kashmir.
According to sources, sleuths of NIA along with personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF carried out the raids early in the morning. In Baramulla district, the central probe agency raided the house of one Mufti Abdul Rahim, brother of SAR Geelani, who was arrested in connection with Parliament attack case earlier.
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Similar raids were carried out in many villages of central Kashmir's Budgam district. The NIA sleuths raided the house of one Bilal Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Hassan Mir. The agency also raided the house of one Khazir Mohammad Najar, son of Gulam Mohammad Najar at Wagam village of Budgam.
The house of one Mohammad Ashraf Wani, son of late Ghulam Qadir Wani at Namtehal village of Budgam was also raided by the NIA. Likewise, the NIA also conducted searches in the house of one Mohamad Yousuf Malik, son of Abdul Gaffar Malik, a resident of Daharmuna Soibugh besides the house of one Mohamad Shafi Dar son of Ghulam Mohmmad, a resident of Jawallapora in the central Kashmir district.
Similar raids were carried out in Kupwara and Pulwama districts. The raids come ahead of the upcoming G20 summit scheduled to be hld in Srinagar. The raids also come a day after the NIA attached properties of three accused persons allegedly linked with various banned Pakistan-based terrorist organisations in Kashmir.
