J&K: SIA conducts raid in Bathindi area of Jammu in alleged terror funding case

"The said raid has been conducted with the suspicion that Abu Bakar has links with a terror funding case," the SIA said. However, at the time of the raid, only two sisters of Abu Bakar were at his residence while his father and mother had gone to their native village in Kishtwar, added the SIA.

Bathindi (Jammu & Kashmir): The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday raided the house of a man in Bathindi area of Jammu region in connection with an alleged terror funding case. As per an SIA spokesman, the raid was launched at around 7:30 in the morning, in the house of Abu Bakar, a resident of Vidhata Nagar in Bathindi.

"The said raid has been conducted under the suspicion that Abu Bakar has links with a terror funding case," the SIA said. However, at the time of the raid, only two sisters of Abu Bakar were at his residence while his father and mother had gone to their native village in Kishtwar, added the SIA.

Abu Bakar is currently staying in Dubai for the past 5-6 years. The family is originally from Doda and is staying in Jammu for the last 15-20 years. Abu Bakar's father Akhtar Hussain was a government employee and retired from CAPD Department as TSO.

The raids are underway.