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SIA Conducts Coordinated Raids Across Kashmir in Sleeper-Cell Probe

Officials say the searches target sleeper‑cell networks linked to LeT and JeM under a UAPA case.

Overview

  • The State Investigation Agency carried out simultaneous searches at eight locations across seven districts in North, Central and South Kashmir under FIR No. 01/2025.
  • Teams working with J&K Police and CRPF seized mobile phones, SIM cards, documents and other electronic devices for forensic analysis.
  • Officials said several suspects were detained for questioning, while no arrests have been announced so far.
  • The probe focuses on modules accused of spreading secessionist propaganda to radicalise and recruit youth at the behest of LeT and JeM commanders.
  • Separately in Budgam, police attached 3 kanals and 19 marlas of land said to belong to Pakistan-based handler Fayaz Ahmad alias Gadda under UAPA Section 25 in FIR No. 56/2019.