Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches in at least eight districts of Jammu and Kashmir involved in terror funding case, on Tuesday. The terror funding case is having links to suspicious activities of AI Huda Educational Trust in the Union Territory. The searches were conducted in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), news agency ANI reported.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) carries out searches at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror funding case: Sources

— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2022

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According to sources, the NIA is conducting searches at multiple locations in Rajouri, Poonch, Jammu, Srinagar, Pulwama, Budgam, Shopian, and Bandipora districts of J&K in the case relating to the suspicious activities of Al Huda Educational Trust, Rajouri.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) carries out searches at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror funding case: Sources

— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2022

The NIA had earlier registered a suo-moto case about the funding pattern and activities of Al Huda Educational Trust, which is functioning as a frontal entity for Jamaat-e-Islami J&K, which was declared as an unlawful association under UAPA in 2019, the sources said.

It is being said that the suspects were involved in terror financing in J&K. Jamaat-e-Islami, which was declared an unlawful association in 2019, and continued to raise funds in various forms on the pretext of charitable purposes.

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These funds were allegedly being diverted to terrorist organizations, such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba, etc., for promoting terrorist activities in Kashmir valley as well as the rest of India. The case was registered by the NIA suo moto on February 5, 2021. The NIA had earlier filed a charge sheet against four persons in the case.

The NIA in August conducted raids at six places and recovered incriminating literature, receipts of funds raised by Jamaat-e-Islami J&K, bank and property-related documents, and electronic devices.

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