The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today conducted raids over nine locations across Jammu and Kashmir in terror conspiracy case linked with Pakistan-backed banned terrorist organisations and their offshoots. The raids were conducted at the premises of hybrid terrorists and overground Workers linked with terrorist outfits such as Laskhar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Badr and Al-Qaeda.

In a statement, NIA said, during the raids, several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating data and documents were seized. The case relates to a terror conspiracy involving plans by the banned terrorist organisations and their newly floated offshoots to unleash violence in Jammu and Kashmir by using sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms. NIA said, these outfits have been conspiring, to carry out terror acts aimed at disturbing the peace and communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir by radicalizing local youth.