New Delhi, Dec 5: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at eight locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case. According to people with knowledge of the situation, the raids are still in progress at seven locations in Kashmir and one in Jammu, closely coordinating with the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police. These raids, among other places, are being carried out by the agency sleuths in Shopian and Baramulla. The residences and additional hiding places of the suspects connected to the investigation were among the locations searched.The operations took place a few days after the central agency detained an accused in a terrorist case supported by Pakistan that involved drone deliveries of weaponry to militants operating in Kashmir. The information was provided by the agency on November 29. On November 27, a team from the NIA Jammu Branch apprehended Zakir Hussain, a 22-year-old resident of the Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir. He was one of the eight suspects who were taken into custody in the case that the NIA took over from the Kathua Police on July 30 of last year. Two terror operatives located in Pakistan are running away, and one of the seven accused who had been caught earlier passed away from a cardiac collapse while in judicial custody.The NIA is still looking into the case in an effort to piece together the larger plot of terrorist organisations supported by Pakistan to commit acts of terror and carnage in the Kashmir Valley and throughout India.
