Several suspects rounded up
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 5: In a massive pan-India crackdown against terrorists’ outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the NIA today conducted searches at 26 locations in five States and arrested one person and questioned several suspects involved in motivating youth into committing violent terror attacks across the country.
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Sheikh Sultan Salah Uddin Ayubi alias Ayubi was taken into custody after searches at 26 locations in Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement said.
The accused was arrested on account of his incriminatory role in the conspiracy case, the statement said.
He will be produced before the NIA special court, Patiala House, New Delhi, it added.
The NIA conducted searches at multiple locations in Baramulla district.
The NIA carried out searches at two locations relating to the activities of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
The NIA team raided the house of Molvi Mohammad Iqbal Bhat at Sangri Colony Baramulla. They confiscated some documents during the raid.
The NIA also raided the house of Farooq Ahmad Wani son of Khazir Mohammad Wani at Reshi Pora Tangmarg who was affiliated with banned Jamaat-e-Islami.
In addition, “several other suspects” have also been rounded up for questioning, the NIA said.
The suspects were engaged in radicalising individuals associated with Pakistan-based JeM and were engaged in disseminating terrorist related propaganda, and “radicalising and recruiting youth into the Jamaat outfit” inspired by it, it said.
These suspects were involved in motivating the youth into committing violent terror attacks across India, the NIA investigations have revealed, according to the statement.
The premises searched by the NIA were located in Goalpara (Assam), Aurangabad, Jalna and Malegaon in Maharashtra, Meerut and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Baramulla, Pulwama and Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir.
During the searches, the NIA teams seized several incriminating documents, electronic devices, pamphlets and magazines. These are being examined for further leads and evidence against the suspects whose premises were searched on Saturday, the anti-terror agency said, adding the investigations in the case are continuing.
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