Srinagar: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) raided multiple locations in central and north Kashmir on Saturday morning as part of its investigation into the Narco financing for militancy in the J&K, sources said.
Sources that the sleuths of the investigating agency was assisted by local police and the CRPF and carried out raids in Kashmir’s summer capital- Srinagar, cental Kashmir’s Budgam and north Kashmir Kupwara districts.
In Srinagar, a raid was being conducted in the hotel Almonds at Lal Mandi area in Room no 219, in which one person namely Gulzar Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kishtwar was staying. Mir is a soil assistant in the agriculture department.
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Another team of SIA raided the residence of Bashir Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Ahmad, a resident of Batpora Kachwari in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
An officer confirmed the raids and said “Some people who were found involved in the nexus of narcotic terror financing have been arrested under relevant sections of law and investigation is proceeding to establish the involvement of some more people in the nexus who are already under scanner.”
However, the details of arrested persons and charges were not revealed.
“We found a number of evidences with regard to smuggling of narcotics from across the border and generating the funds from the same for financing the terror modules, separatists, over-ground workers of terror outfits, and families of killed terrorists, SIA said.
(KDC)
