They said the J&K police is keeping a surveillance on the “terror associates and Over Ground Workers” in Kashmir. “These terror associates were also involved in online radical propaganda on the behest of terrorist commanders of Lashkar-e- Taiba and Jaish-e- Muhammad, impinging upon the national security and integrity,” said the SIA.
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They conducted searches at around 20 locations across all districts of southern Kashmir in connection with the investigation of the case registered earlier this year under sections 13, 17, 18, 18-B, 38, 39 UA(P) Act. Officials claimed that during the raids, substantial “incriminating material” had been seized and the suspects have been rounded up for further questioning.
Preliminary investigation, officials said, has clearly brought out that these entities are “actively engaged in terrorist conspiracy, propagating and furthering anti-India narratives” aimed not only at challenging the “sovereignty and territorial integrity of India” but also at inciting disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred. “It will continue to take firm action against individuals or groups involved in any kind of secessionist and terrorist activities,” the statement read.