SIA conducts raids in 7 Kashmir districts

Srinagar, Oct 8: In continuation of its unrelenting efforts to crack down on the sleeper cell module, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) carried out extensive searches at eight locations across seven districts across Kashmir on Wednesday.

A statement of the SIA issued here said that the searches were conducted as part of an ongoing investigation of case FIR No 01/2025 of Police Station CI/SIA Kashmir. It said that the case is related to the sleeper cell module operating in Kashmir at the behest of terrorist commanders of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad.

The statement said that the module is used for spreading secessionist propaganda, thereby radicalising and recruiting the youth into the terror fold.

“Today’s search operation was conducted simultaneously across seven districts across Kashmir from all three ranges – north, central, and south Kashmir,” it said. “During the raids, substantial incriminating materials have been seized, and the suspects have been rounded up for further questioning.”

The statement said that the preliminary investigation has clearly brought out the active engagement of these entities in a terrorist conspiracy aimed at propagating and furthering anti-India narratives aimed not only at challenging the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India but also at inciting disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred.

It said that the searches highlight the continued and unrelenting efforts of the SIA to ensure that the entire module is dismantled with the aim of striking at the roots of the terror ecosystem.