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NIA arrests 3 ISIS operatives after raids across 8 locations in Jammu and Kashmir

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested three Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operatives after conducting raids in Jammu and Kashmir

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested three Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operatives after conducting raids in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The NIA said they arrested Tawheed Latief, Suhail Ahmad and Afshan Parvez during searches conducted at eight J&K's locations in Srinagar and Anantnag districts.

The NIA also seized a number of incriminating documents and digital devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptop, hard disks, etc. 

In a statement, the NIA said, "NIA had received information that proscribed terrorist organization ISIS has hatched a conspiracy to radicalize and recruit impressionable Muslim youth in India to wage violent Jihad against the Indian state and in order to execute its nefarious plan an organized campaign has been launched over the cyberspace which is supplemented by on-ground terror financing activities."

"ISIS terrorists operating from various conflict zones along with ISIS cadres in India, by assuming pseudo-online identities, have created a network wherein ISIS-related propaganda material is disseminated for radicalizing and recruiting members into ISIS fold," the agency further said. 

The investigation agency said that the accused were associated with Pakistan and Afghanistan-based ISIS operatives while some associates of the arrested accused, who are based in Kashmir, were involved in on-ground and online activities of ISIS. These activities included content creation, translation of India ISIS propaganda magazine 'Voice of Hind.' 

The raids and arrests come after the NIA had registered a case earlier this year about the same, had started the investigation, and arrested four accused persons in the case.

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