Jammu & Kashmir

JeI case: NIA raids 11 locations in two Kashmir districts

The National Investigation Agency of India signboard.

Srinagar: National Investigation Agency of India on Thrusday said that it carried out searches at 11 locations in Budgam, Barmulla districts in connection with Jamaat-e-Islami case.

According to NIA spokesman, a total of 11 locations came under NIA’s scanner in Thursday’s searches in the case in which the JeI is accused of engaging in “separatist and secessionist” activities even after being declared an unlawful association under the UA(P) Act since its proscription on 28th February 2019.

NIA had earlier filed charge sheet against four persons in the case (RC-03/2021/NIA/DLI).

The searches, conducted at the premises of the members and sympathisers of JeI, JK, led the agency to the recovery of several digital devices and incriminating material, he said.

Investigations so far by the NIA, which had suo moto registered the case on February 5, 2021, have revealed that JeI (JK) has been collecting money ostensibly for charitable purposes, such as promotion of health and education. It has instead been using the collected funds for carrying out unlawful activities, he said.

NIA has further found that JeI members have been collecting money, both within and outside India, through donations particularly in the form of Zakat, Mowda and Bait-ul-Mal, the statement said.

“They have been using the funds used for carrying out violent and secessionist activities, and also channeling them to proscribed militant organisations, such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and others through well organised networks of JeI cadre,” he said.

“JeI has also been motivating Kashmiri youth and recruiting new members (rukuns) in J&K to join its militant and secessionist movement against India,” reads the statement.

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