Police raid houses of JeI members in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Srinagar, Nov 12: In a major crackdown against the banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Kulgam Police today conducted raids at over 200 locations across the district, officials said.

The raids were carried out at the houses and premises of JeI members and their associates, as part of sustained efforts to dismantle the terror ecosystem and its support structure at the grassroots level, said a police spokesman.

During the past four days, more than 400 Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs) have been conducted across different areas of the district at the premises of OGWs , JKNOPS , Places where encounters took place in past , hide outs of active/ killed terrorists.These operations have led to the interrogation of around 500 individuals affiliated with JKNOPs and other banned outfits, many of whom have been bound down and shifted to District Jail Mattan, Anantnag under preventive laws.

During the raids, incriminating material and digital devices were seized, and several JeI members were interrogated and bound down to further trace and disrupt networks aiding terrorism.