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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 Gazette
22-05-2025
- India Gazette
J-K: Vendor chargesheeted for issuing SIM card used by terrorist
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Police Station CIK (Counter Intelligence Kashmir) has filed a chargesheet against Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh, a vendor affiliated with Airtel, for allegedly issuing a SIM card using forged documents which was later found to be used by a terrorist. The charge sheet was submitted before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kulgam, in case FIR No. 18/2020 under Sections 420, 468, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, an official statement said. According to a release, Police Station CIK had received an information through reliable sources that the procurement of SIM card connections from various Telecom Service Providers by terrorists/members of proscribed organizations / Over Ground Workers (OGWs), is made in a pre-planned criminal conspiracy, with the active connivance of their sympathizers and, in several instances, with the complicity of 'Franchise/Point of Sale (POS)' through fraudulent and dishonest means. Accordingly, on 09.10.2020, case FIR No.18/2020 U/S 13 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, read with sections 420, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, was registered at Police Station CIK Srinagar for a thorough probe, the stat During the investigation, it was revealed that the accused was a vendor of Airtel Telecom Service, running his shop under the name and style of 'MICRO WORLD' at Kulgam. It was established that the accused had manipulated and forged a genuine electoral Identity Card and used it to issue a SIM card against a non-existent person. 'The accused, as a vendor, had also mentioned fictitious and deficient particulars/details in the Customer Application Form (CAF) with an objective to issue the SIM card against a non-existent person and pass on the SIM card to a terrorist for his use. The investigation has established that the subscriber of the SIM card shown in the Customer Application Form was not found existing on ground and the SIM card had actually been issued to a terrorist,' said the release. An appeal is made to the general public, especially the youth of Kashmir valley, to adhere to the advisories in this regard and take every precaution to ensure that their documents are not misused for obtaining SIM cards fraudulently. People are also advised not to share their SIM card with anyone, howsoever, close the person may be. (ANI)
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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Deccan Herald
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
J&K Police detains ex-journalist for allegedly disseminating extremist content
In a continued effort to curb the misuse of social media for radical activities and to save the Kashmiri youth from becoming the fodder of terrorism by following radical social media handles, the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) detained a radical social media user, a CIK spokesperson said.
