Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Nov 12: Security forces today launched wide-ranging operations against members of Jamaat-e-Islami and terror networks to prevent any breach of peace in Kashmir.
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The police in Kashmir conducted a massive crackdown on the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and conducted extensive raids across multiple locations in Kashmir.
A police official said that searches were carried out at the residences and premises of JeI members and their associates as part of efforts to dismantle terror networks and their support structures.
“During the operation, police seized incriminating material and digital devices. Several members were also questioned and bound under legal provisions,” he said.
In Sopore, police carried out simultaneous searches at more than 25 locations across Sopore, Zaingeer, and Rafiabad areas following credible inputs about attempts by JeI-linked individuals to revive organisational activities under different fronts. Incriminating documents, digital gadgets, and printed material were recovered during the operation, and several persons were questioned.
In Kulgam, police launched one of the largest operations in recent months, raiding over 200 premises linked to JeI members and Over Ground Workers.
An official said more than 400 cordon and search operations have been conducted in the last four days, leading to the questioning of around 500 individuals, several of whom have been bound down or detained under preventive laws.
In Pulwama, multiple police teams assisted by other agencies conducted coordinated searches at identified locations. “Electronic devices, documents and printed literature linked to JeI were seized and several suspects detained,” a police spokesperson said.
In Awantipora, the searches were conducted at the houses and premises of JeI members and their associates as part of ongoing efforts to dismantle the terror ecosystem and its support structures. “During the operation, incriminating material and digital devices were recovered, while several banned JeI members were questioned and bound down under the law,” the official said.
Srinagar Police also carried out extensive raids at 150 locations across the city. The searches targeted residences of associates and Over Ground Workers linked with proscribed organisations, as part of ongoing investigations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In Ganderbal, the district-wide counter–terror and anti-separatist operation was conducted simultaneously in several areas with the assistance of other security agencies.
The action followed credible intelligence inputs indicating attempts by JeI-linked elements to revive organisational activities through covert channels and front groups. During the raids, a large quantity of incriminating materials, including documents, digital devices, and printed content having direct links with the banned outfit, were recovered and seized for detailed analysis.
Several suspects have been detained for questioning to ascertain their role in unlawful and subversive activities, the spokesperson said.
In Ganderbal, J&K Police carried out extensive searches at multiple locations across the district targeting individuals and premises linked with the banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), proscribed under the UAPA. All individuals who have remained affiliated with the proscribed group were covered during the operation, the spokesperson added.
Police said these preventive and intelligence-driven operations are aimed at dismantling the terror-separatist ecosystem, disrupting its ideological and logistical networks, and maintaining peace and stability across the region.
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