NIA Cracks Down on JeI Revival Network in Kashmir
Crackdown targets terror funding, separatist networks and radicalisation links across Valley
- NIA conducts coordinated raids in Srinagar and South Kashmir
- Searches linked to alleged revival attempts of banned JeI network
- Siraj-ul-Uloom institute among key locations searched
- Agencies probe terror funding and anti-India propaganda channels
GG News Bureau
Srinagar, 25th May: The National Investigation Agency on Monday launched a major crackdown across Kashmir Valley, conducting coordinated raids over alleged attempts to revive the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir network and fuel separatist activities in the Union Territory.
Sources said NIA teams, assisted by the police and the Central Reserve Police Force, carried out simultaneous searches in Srinagar and several districts of South Kashmir.
The operation focused on suspected terror-funding channels, JeI-linked workers and entities allegedly involved in spreading anti-India propaganda.
In Srinagar, raids were conducted at multiple premises in the Lal Bazar area.
In South Kashmir’s Shopian district, investigators searched the Siraj-ul-Uloom institute located in the Imam Sahib area.
The institute had earlier come under scrutiny in 2022 when the Home Department ordered its closure over allegations of propagating radical ideology and maintaining links with terror operatives.
Authorities had also accused the institution of functioning as a recruitment hub for banned outfits.
Another raid was carried out in the Mulu area of Chitragam at the residence of a person identified as Shehzada, who was previously associated with the institute.
Officials said the searches are part of an ongoing terror-related investigation into alleged efforts to revive the organisational structure of Jamaat-e-Islami in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Union Government had declared Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in February 2019, citing its alleged role in promoting terrorism and secessionism.
The ban was extended for another five years in February 2024.
According to officials, investigations had revealed that funds collected in the name of zakat were allegedly diverted towards terror-related activities instead of charitable purposes.
Security agencies believe the latest crackdown is aimed at dismantling both the financial and ideological networks allegedly sustaining terrorism and separatist activities in the region.
