The NIA on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Baramulla-Uri and one location in Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir in connection with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu case and Cross-border Trade case.

In the Hizbul Mujahideen case, houses of close associates of accused Tariq Mir of Shopian, who was arrested by NIA on April 29 for his role in smuggling and supply of weapons to HM terrorists, were searched. The premises of Azad Ahmad Pir of Dardkote, Uri, Haleema Begum of Boniyar, Baramulla and Shaheen Lone of Kanspora, Baramulla, working as an Inspector in Power Development Department were searched. Lone’s father-  in-law’s house at Waza Mohalla, Palhalan, Baramulla, was also searched besides Shareen Bibi, wife of accused Tariq Mir of Chinad, Baramulla and Tafazul Parimoo of Hyderpora, Budgam were also searched.             

“Several incriminating documents and digital devices have been seized during these searches,” the NIA said in a statement.

To recapitulate, the case was registered on January 11 this year when two HM terrorists Naveed Babu and Rafi Ahmad Rather were apprehended along with now-suspended DSP Devender Singh and one Irfan Shafi Mir by J&K Police at Al-Stop Naka, Qazigund.

The investigation had revealed a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based HM leadership and Pakistan’s ISI and an overground worker (OGW) network that facilitates the supply of funds and arms and ammunition to the HM terrorists in J&K.

In the LoC trade case, searches were conducted at the premises four suspects---Peer Arshid Iqbal of Khawaja Bagh,  Baramulla, currently lodged in Kathua jail, Jammu in a narcotics case, Tariq Ahmad Sheikh of Tawheed Gunj, Baramulla, currently in Baramulla jail in a narcotics case, District level Hurriyat leader Bashir Ahmad Sofi of Khwajabagh, Baramulla and Abdul Hamid Lone of Gundpura, Sopore.

Searches have yielded several incriminating documents and digital devices in this case, the agency added.