Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 14: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of The Resistance Front (TRF) from Srinagar.
The duo, Mushaib Fayaz Baba alias Shoaib, 20, and Hilal Yaqoob Deva alias Sethi Soab, 35, belonged to the Shopian district and were working for Pak-based commanders and handlers of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and its shadow outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), among others.
The arrests came on the heels of a series of raids conducted by the NIA at the residential premises of OGWs of the banned terrorist organizations and their newly-floated offshoots and affiliates in recent days. Several digital devices were seized during the raids, which were scrutinized by the agency, as part of its investigations in the case (NIA Case RC-05/2022/ NIA/JMU).
Investigations have revealed that two accused arrested today were in continuous contact with Pakistan-based commanders and active members of various outfits through social media applications. They were working as OGWs and had been actively involved in transporting weapons and funds from one place to another, on the directions of Pak based commanders/handlers, as part of a bigger conspiracy.
“The conspiracy had been hatched by cadres and OGWs of various proscribed terrorist organizations in cohort with their commanders based in Pakistan. These cadres and OGWs were actively involved in the collection and distribution of huge consignments of narcotics, cash, small arms/weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other types of IEDs, including remote-controlled sticky bombs / magnetic bombs. Such terrorist hardware and IEDs are either delivered over drones or also assembled locally, for terrorist attacks in J&K, investigations have revealed,” the NIA said.
“The terror conspiracy was aimed at disturbing peace and communal harmony by carrying out terrorist acts and waging a war against the Government of India. As per NIA investigations, the terrorist outfits were involved in targeting of minorities, migrants and security personnel etc. The conspiracy had been hatched both physically and through cyberspace, by using secured encrypted social media apps,” it added.
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