After a spate of targeted killings of civilians by the terrorists, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out searches at seven locations across three districts of Kulgam, Srinagar and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the Bathindi IED recovery case.
During the day-long searches, two TRF operatives namely Tawseef Ahmed Wani and Faiz Ahmed Khan were arrested for their involvement in the conspiracy.
The anti-terror agency carried out simultaneous searches with the assistance of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and J&K Police.
In another development three people were held in J&K over their alleged association with the banned ISIS.
According to a press statement issued by the NIA, “The case was initially registered as FIR no. 234/2021 dated 27.06.2021 of PS Bahu Fort District Jammu, relating to the recovery of an IED from a Lashker-e-Toiba terrorist in Bathindi, Jammu, on 27.06.2021 for indulging in terrorist acts in J&K”.
After launching investigations in the case, the NIA had registered the case as RC-04/2021/NIA/JMU dated 19.07.2021. So far three LeT terrorists have been arrested in this case.
Ongoing investigations have so far revealed that Pakistan-based handlers of proscribed terror outfit LeT and their associates based in J&K had conspired to cause extensive terror activities for harming the general public. They had planned that the responsibility for the terrorist acts so committed would be taken by the pseudo-acronym TRF so as to maintain plausible deniability and evade law enforcement agencies.
