NEW DELHI: Ten people have been detained by the counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday.
The officials said these people were detained for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications to coordinate, finance, and execute terror activities on the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers .
The detentions were made following the searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) across 10 locations in Budgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal, and Srinagar districts.
The action is linked to a 2-year-old terror-related case registered under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
During the ongoing investigation, suspicious technical signatures were traced at the targeted locations, the officials said.
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Several suspects were using a “specific encrypted messaging application” widely used by terrorist handlers from across the border for activities including recruitment, financing, and operational coordination, the analysis revealed further.
“These individuals are suspected to be in touch with adversaries, including Abdullah Gazi , a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)/Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) handler,” officials said. They also said the handler operates in close coordination with Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI.
The handler was actively trying to radicalise local youth and recruit them into terror ranks, as per the police.
Investigators said the encrypted application's servers revealed links to the terror module based in a known Pakistani city.
The police seized a large number of documentary evidence and digital devices relevant to the case during the searches. “So far, 10 suspects have been rounded up. Analysis of the seized data will help uncover further leads for investigation,” officials said.
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They said that the operation aims not only to disrupt terror activities but also to prevent local youth from being radicalised. “It is also aimed to uncover crucial evidence, curb illicit activities, prevent the misuse of mobile phones, and dismantle the terror ecosystem in the Union Territory by identifying terror associates and Over Ground Workers (OGWs),” police said.
Legal action against the suspects will follow as per law, they added.
The officials said these people were detained for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications to coordinate, finance, and execute terror activities on the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers .
The detentions were made following the searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) across 10 locations in Budgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal, and Srinagar districts.
The action is linked to a 2-year-old terror-related case registered under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
During the ongoing investigation, suspicious technical signatures were traced at the targeted locations, the officials said.
Also read: 10 sites in Kashmir raided; Jaish sleeper cell under probe
Several suspects were using a “specific encrypted messaging application” widely used by terrorist handlers from across the border for activities including recruitment, financing, and operational coordination, the analysis revealed further.
“These individuals are suspected to be in touch with adversaries, including Abdullah Gazi , a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)/Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) handler,” officials said. They also said the handler operates in close coordination with Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI.
The handler was actively trying to radicalise local youth and recruit them into terror ranks, as per the police.
Investigators said the encrypted application's servers revealed links to the terror module based in a known Pakistani city.
The police seized a large number of documentary evidence and digital devices relevant to the case during the searches. “So far, 10 suspects have been rounded up. Analysis of the seized data will help uncover further leads for investigation,” officials said.
Also read: J&K DGP reviews security situation in Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban; stresses ops in higher reaches
They said that the operation aims not only to disrupt terror activities but also to prevent local youth from being radicalised. “It is also aimed to uncover crucial evidence, curb illicit activities, prevent the misuse of mobile phones, and dismantle the terror ecosystem in the Union Territory by identifying terror associates and Over Ground Workers (OGWs),” police said.
Legal action against the suspects will follow as per law, they added.
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