NIA raids 16 locations across JK

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India on Thursday morning carried out raids at several locations across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with an ongoing probe in a militancy funding case.

Official sources said that the NIA sleuths accompanied by armed forces conducted raids at several places across Jammu and Kashmir.

The raids are being carried out at 11 locations in Baramulla and five in Kishtwar.

The houses of persons “affiliated with proscribed Jamaat- e-Islamia and those involved in militancy” are being searched, they said.

Meanwhile, raids were going on when this story was filed. (KNO)