NIA conducts raids at 16 locations in Jammu and Kashmir

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at 16 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in a new case linked to the Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF).

The agency also conducted raids at five locations in Delhi-NCR in the Mundra drug seizure case.

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Earlier on October 10, NIA conducted raids at seven locations in the Kulgam, Srinagar, and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir and arrested two persons in its probe into the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)-The Resistance Front (TRF) conspiracy case.

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The development comes after four Indian soldiers and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) were martyred in the Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, three terrorists of LeT (TRF) were killed in the Shopian encounter on Monday. The identification of the terrorists were being ascertained while one of them has been identified.

Also, incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered while the search operation was underway.

Out of three killed terrorists, one terrorist has been identified as Mukhtar Shah of Ganderbal, who shifted to Shopian after killing one street hawker Virendra Paswan of Bihar.

-PTC News