NIA Conducts Raids to Investigate Militant Infiltration | 22 Nov 2024

Why in News?

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at multiple locations across five districts of Jammu and Kashmir.These searches were linked to a case involving terrorist infiltration from across the border and recent attacks on security forces and civilians.

Key Points

  • Background:
    • The NIA registered a case based on information about the infiltration of active terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) into Indian territory through the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC).
  • NIA Searches:
    • Locations:
      • NIA teams conducted extensive searches at eight locations across the districts of Reasi, Udhampur, Doda, Ramban, and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.
    • Outcomes:
      • The searches resulted in the seizure of materials linking banned terrorist outfits to overground workers (OGWs) and hybrid terrorists.
      • The premises of sympathisers and cadres of banned organisations were also searched as part of the operation.
    • Link to Banned Outfits:
      • The suspected hybrid terrorists and OGWs were associated with new offshoots and affiliates of banned terrorist outfits such as LeT and JeM.

National Investigation Agency (NIA)

  • About:
    • The NIA is the Central Counter-Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency of India mandated to investigate all the offences affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India. It includes:
      • Friendly relations with foreign states.
      • Against atomic and nuclear facilities.
      • Smuggling of arms, drugs and fake Indian currency and infiltration from across the borders.
      • The offences under the statutory laws enacted to implement international treaties, agreements, conventions and resolutions of the United Nations, its agencies and other international organisations.
    • It was constituted under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, 2008.
    • The agency is empowered to deal with the investigation of terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states under written proclamation from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
    • Headquarters: New Delhi