Pulwama, Dec 7: In the Awantipora neighbourhood of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached two residential buildings, including a double-story and a single-story home belonging to terrorists. The five brothers of one Khursheed Ahmed Bhat jointly own the two residential buildings.The notice of attachment from the NIA stated, “This is to inform the general public that a double-storied residential house and one single-story residential house under survey Nos 722,723 and 724 at village Chursoo, Awantipora, District Pulwama which are owned jointly by the Khursheed Ahmed Bhat @Khursheed Alam Bhat @ Surya son of Ghulam Mohd Bhat, resident of Bhatpora, Chursoo, Awantipora District Pulwama and his five brothers stand attached under the provisions of UA(P)A by the order of Hon’ble NIA Special Court Jammu dated 30.09.2023,” the notice of attachment to the general public stated.In connection with the terror conspiracy hatched and operationalized by the offshoots of the banned terrorist organisations backed by Pakistan, including Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr, and Al-Qaeda, the NIA raided eight locations throughout Jammu and Kashmir earlier on Tuesday. Seven districts in Jammu and Kashmir—Poonch, Shopian, Pulwama, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara, and Srinagar—were among the locations that were searched. The residences of hybrid terrorists and Overground Workers (OGWs) connected to recently established affiliates and offshoots of the terrorist groups that are prohibited were among the raided locations.The premises of the cadres and supporters of these recently established organisations, which included the PAAF, Kashmir Tigers, The Resistance Front (TRF), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), and United Liberation Front Jammu and Kashmir (ULFJ-K), were also thoroughly searched. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has been looking into the plot of the recently formed offshoots of the banned terror groups to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir through violent terrorist attacks and activities, seized several digital devices containing copious amounts of incriminating data and documents as a result of the searches.
