NIA conducts raid in Srinagar, Anantnag

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted simultaneous searches in Srinagar and Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir at seven locations in connection with a radicalisation module of the banned international terror group ISIS for waging war against India.

The case was registered by NIA on June 29, 2021 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to incitement of disaffection towards the Union Government. promotion of  enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence and language, and imputations,/assertions prejudicial to national-integration besides relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the ISIS conspiracy to radicalise and recruit impressionable youth in India to wage violent jihad against the Indian state.

“In order to execute its nefarious plan, an organized campaign has been launched over the cyber space which is supplemented by on ground terror financing



activities. ISIS terrorists operating from various conflict zones along with ISIS cadres in India, by assuming pseudo- online identities, have created a network wherein ISIS related propaganda material is disseminated for radicalizing and recruiting members to the fold of ISIS.” The NIA said in a statement.

The agency further said, “In this connection, an India-Centric online propaganda magazine ‘the Voice of Hind’ ( VOH) is published on monthly basis with an aim to incite and radicalize impressionable youth by projecting a skewed narrative of imagined injustices in India to arouse a feeling of alienation and communal hatred.”

The searches conducted in connection with the case on Sunday led to recovery and seizure of a large number of incriminating documents and digital devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptop , hard disks and T-Shirts having ISIS logo, it said, adding further investigation in the case is continuing.