Overview

• The State Investigation Agency carried out searches in Awantipora in Pulwama and Bijbehara in Anantnag on Wednesday, officials said.
• The operation is linked to the case involving the escape of Amin Baba, with no arrests or recoveries reported at the time of publication.
• The case began as FIR No. 98 of 2005 at Police Station Bijbehara and was transferred to the SIA for specialized investigation in 2023.
• SIA states it has filed a chargesheet against four people, including former MLA Gul Rafeeqi and his private secretary, as the search for additional suspects continues.
• According to the SIA, accomplices arranged a fake passport and moved Baba in an MLA’s official vehicle from Anantnag to Attari before he crossed into Pakistan.