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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Counter intelligence wing of J&K Police conduct raids across Valley
Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Friday conducted searches at multiple locations across Valley and seized several digital devices. Jammu and Kashmir Police said that raids were conducted by CIK officers after obtaining search warrant from the court of special judge, designated under NIA Act, Srinagar, in a terror linked case FIR No. 07/2023 U/S 13, 18, 38, 39 ULA(P) Act r/w 120-B IPC of P/S CIK Srinagar. 'During investigation of the instant case, suspicious technical signatures were traced at different locations of districts Budgam, Pulwama, Kupwara, Shopian, and Srinagar. The suspects were found using suspected encrypted messaging applications,' police spokesman said, adding that during further analysis, various individual suspects were found using a 'specific encrypted messaging application' which is widely used by terrorists handlers from across for coordinating and executing a variety of terrorist related activities including recruitment into terrorist ranks. 'These individuals /users are suspected to be in touch with suspicious entities across the border. As such, maintaining the element of surprise, the searches were meticulously planned and conducted.' Police said that during raids, incriminating material in the form of SIM cards, mobile phones, tablets and other digital devices having bearing on the investigation of the case have been recovered and seized in the instant case. 'Analysis of the data would follow and leads that would emerge would become the basis for further investigation.' Police said that the operation is aimed at to uncover crucial evidence, curb illicit activities, prevent the misuse of communication devices, such as mobile phones, and dismantling the terror ecosystem in the UT by identifying terrorist associates, over ground workers (OGWs) supporting and abetting terrorism and also ensuring legal action against them as envisaged by the law of the land.
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Indian Express
Coordinated searches at multiple locations across Kashmir as post-Pahalgam terror crackdown continues
The counter-intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday conducted searches at multiple locations across Kashmir in connection with cases linked to terrorism, police said. Officials said the operation was aimed at uncovering crucial evidence, curbing illicit activities, preventing the misuse of communication devices such as mobile phones, and dismantling the terror ecosystem in the Union Territory by identifying terrorist associates and overground workers (OGWs) allegedly supporting and abetting terrorism, and also ensuring legal action against them. Counter Intelligence Kashmir on Friday said that during the investigation, various suspects were found using a 'specific encrypted messaging application', which is widely used by 'terrorists/handlers' from across the border for 'coordinating and executing a variety of terrorist-related activities, including recruitment into terrorist ranks'. These users, police said, are suspected to be in touch with suspicious entities across the border. 'As such, maintaining the element of surprise, the searches were meticulously planned and conducted,' officials said. During raids, 'incriminating material' in the form of SIM cards, mobile phones, tablets and other digital devices that have a bearing on the case have been recovered. Analysis of the data will follow and leads that may emerge will become the basis for further investigation, a CIK official said. However, no arrests were made on Friday. The searches come as security agencies step up anti-terror operations across Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in south Kashmir's Pahalgam. In the attack, 25 tourists and one local man were shot dead. In response, the armed forces carried out Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This was followed by days of cross-border tensions and shelling, in which several civilians living in border areas in J&K lost their lives.
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Multiple locations across Kashmir linked to cross-border terror network raided
The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday carried out extensive searches at various locations across the valley, including Shopian, Kulgam, Budgam, Awantipora Pulwama, Kupwara and Srinagar. This comes amid intensified anti-terror operations across J&K following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were to officials, the raids are linked to a terror crime case currently under investigation by the CIK. During the probe, investigators identified multiple suspects allegedly using a specific encrypted messaging application reportedly used by terrorists and their handlers operating from across the border. These individuals are suspected to have maintained contact with suspicious cross-border entities. advertisementThe searches come amid a sustained crackdown on terrorist elements in the region following the dastardly Baisaran Valley attack. Security agencies have been stepping up operations across South Kashmir in particular. In one such operation earlier this month, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists - identified as Irfan Bashir and Uzair Salam - were arrested in Shopian during a joint operation by the Army, J&K Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The two surrendered during the encounter, averting a potential encounter. Two AK-56 rifles, four magazines, two hand grenades and other ammunition were recovered from their two weeks back, three LeT terrorists were killed in the Zinpather Keller area of Shopian during an encounter with security forces. The Army launched "Operation Keller" based on specific intelligence inputs provided by the Rashtriya Rifles. Among the slain terrorists were Shahid Kuttay and Adnan Shafi, both residents of to that, three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were killed in the Nadar area of Tral in Pulwama. The operation, which made headlines due to drone footage capturing the terrorists hiding, resulted in the deaths of Asif Ahmed Sheikh, Amir Nazir Wani and Yawar Ahmad Bhat - all residents of Pulwama searches by the CIK are ongoing, and more details are expected to come as the anti-terror operations continue in Jammu and Watch
Express Tribune
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir police detain journalist Hilal Mir for ‘distorted' online content
Listen to article A senior journalist based in Srinagar city of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has been detained by Indian authorities for posting a poem on social media. Hilal Mir, who has worked with Indian and international outlets including as a freelancer for Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency news agency, was taken into custody by the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing last week. He was questioned over a Facebook post he shared on May 1 and later deleted. The post featured a photograph of an elderly woman walking through the debris of homes reportedly demolished by security forces in south Kashmir following a recent Pahalgam terrorist attack. The image was accompanied by Mir's text: 'My schizophrenic Kashmiri soul, don't spread yourself thin. Think. The side you should be on has already been chosen for you. Focus. Don't look elsewhere. You are the victim. You have been trampled upon, dispossessed, brutalised, humiliated, maimed, for no sin of yours. You are being erased. You don't owe anything to anyone, least of all to those who revel in your misery, who have on their mind the medieval Spain and Gaza as templates for your annihilation. Take rest, or a 15-day chilla if you may. Contemplate. You alone are in danger, vulnerable, weakened. You alone are the target.' According to a police statement released on Monday, Mir was detained for allegedly 'inciting sentiments among young minds and instigating secessionist sentiment by portraying Kashmiris as victims of systemic extermination' through social media. CIK statement described Mir as a 'radical social media user' accused of sharing 'extremist and distorted content with an intention to disturb peace and promote disaffection and secessionist ideology and present India in a bad shape.' Authorities claim Mir's content 'reflects a veiled attempt to cultivate public resentment which is a threat to security/sovereignty' of India. Mir's laptop and phone have also seized by police. 'A preliminary inspection of the 'digital devices' revealed access to the radical account along with incriminating materials and other extremist, distorted content and propaganda,' the CIK statement, Adding that Mir was 'found in touch with some suspected foreign based cell numbers involved in suspicious activities.' A family member told local media that Mir, who has worked as a free lancer for TRT world and also work as an editor at prominent Kashmir based English newspaper was in contact with Anadolu news Agency colleagues and also a part of jouranlist Whatsapp group. Police said Mir was 'presumably taking dictation from the adversary for disturbing the peace and tranquillity in the valley which is a matter of investigation'. It said that Mir has been 'brought within the ambit of investigation and further probe is in progress." "In a 2019 article for Turkey-based TRT World titled 'How India silenced Kashmir's leading newspaper columnists,' published after the revocation of Article 370, Hilal Mir wrote about how authorities 'arm-twisted' the local press in J&K, forcing critical opinion writers to either moderate their write-ups or 'stop writing'." Mir was also one of four journalists whose homes were searched by IOJK Police in 2021 during an investigation into a controversial post by the blog 'Kashmir Fight'. The blog had pointed out several individuals, including journalists, and alleged their collaboration with security agencies and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government.
The Wire
07-05-2025
- Politics
- The Wire
Senior Kashmiri Journalist Detained in Srinagar Over Social Media Post
Menu हिंदी తెలుగు اردو Home Politics Economy World Security Law Science Society Culture Editor's Pick Opinion Support independent journalism. Donate Now security Senior Kashmiri Journalist Detained in Srinagar Over Social Media Post The Wire Staff 39 minutes ago Hilal Mir, who has previously worked with leading Indian and international news organisations, was summoned by the Counter Intelligence Kashmir last week and questioned over a Facebook post he shared on May 1. Real journalism holds power accountable Since 2015, The Wire has done just that. But we can continue only with your support. Donate now J&K police. Representative image. Photo: PTI New Delhi: A senior journalist based in Srinagar was detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police on the charges of promoting 'disaffection' against India and 'secessionist ideology' through his social media accounts. In a statement on Monday (May 7), the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of J&K Police said that Hilal Mir, a resident of Bemina in Srinagar, who worked with Turkey-based Anadolu news agency, was detained for 'inciting sentiments among young minds and instigating secessionist sentiment by portraying Kashmiris as victims of systemic extermination' through social media. Describing Mir as 'radical social media user', the CIK statement said that Mir 'used to disseminate extremist/distorted content with an intention to disturb peace and promote disaffection and secessionist ideology and present India in a bad shape.' Sources told The Wire that Mir, who has previously worked with Hindustan Times, was summoned by the CIK last week and questioned among other issues over a Facebook post shared by him on May 1. Another journalist was also summoned for sharing Mir's post but he was let off on Monday. The Facebook post, which was later deleted by Mir, included a photo showing an old woman walking along the debris of a residential house which was among at least nine houses demolished in south Kashmir by security forces in the aftermath of Pahalgam terrorist attack. The photo of the woman had gone viral on social media. Mir's post said: 'My schizophrenic Kashmiri soul, don't spread yourself thin. Think. The side you should be on has already been chosen for you. Focus. Don't look elsewhere. You are the victim. You have been trampled upon, dispossessed, brutalised, humiliated, maimed, for no sin of yours. You are being erased. You don't owe anything to anyone, least of all to those who revel in your misery, who have on their mind the medieval Spain and Gaza as templates for your annihilation. Take rest, or a 15-day chilla if you may. Contemplate. You alone are in danger, vulnerable, weakened. You alone are the target.' The CIK statement said that Mir's posts on Facebook and Twitter 'reflect a veiled attempt to cultivate public resentment which is a threat to security/sovereignty' of India. The police have also seized Mir's laptop and mobile phone. 'A preliminary inspection of the 'digital devices' revealed access to the radical account along with incriminating materials and other extremist, distorted content and propaganda,' the statement said, adding that Mir was 'found in touch with some suspected foreign based cell numbers involved in suspicious activities.' A family source said that Mir, who has written extensively for TRT World and also worked as an editor at prominent Kashmir-based English newspapers, was in touch with his colleagues in Anadolu news agency and was also part of some WhatsApp groups of journalists which may also have foreign journalists as their members. However, the CIK statement said that Mir was 'presumably taking dictation from the adversary for disturbing the peace and tranquillity in the valley which is a matter of investigation'. It said that Mir has been 'brought within the ambit of investigation and further probe is in progress.' In a 2019 report, in the aftermath of the reading down of Article 370, for Turkey-based TRT World, titled 'How India silenced Kashmir's leading newspaper columnists', Mir wrote how the government 'arm-twisted local press' in J&K and how critical opinion writers were asked to either moderate their write-ups or 'stop writing'. Mir was among four journalists whose houses were raided by Jammu and Kashmir Police in 2021 in connection with a probe into a provocative post published by 'Kashmir Fight' blog. The post had accused some people in Kashmir, including some journalists, of being agents of security agencies and the government. 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