Srinagar: Srinagar Police on Saturday carried out extensive searches across the city at the residences of Over Ground Workers (OGWs) and terrorist associates of proscribed terrorist outfits during investigations into cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
A police spokesperson in a statement issued to the news agency JKNS said that in its sustained efforts to dismantle the terrorist ecosystem, Srinagar Police searched multiple locations citywide. The searches were part of investigations into several FIRs registered under UAPA and other relevant laws.
The searches were conducted at the residences of several individuals identified as, Furkan Farooq Mir and Faizyab Showkat Deewani (Dalal Mohalla), Zubair Gull (Tengpora Zoonimar), Mohammad Yousuf Naqash (Malik Sahib, Safakadal), Syed Ahmad Parimoo (Mumkhan Mohalla Badamwari), Dawood Ahmad Wani (Kaw Mohalla Khanyar), Riyaz Ahmad Wani (Degdhar Zoonimar), Rafiq Ahmad Wani (Babapora Zoonimar), Shabir Ahmad Wani (Babapora Zoonimar), Wasim Raja Zargar (Degdhar Zoonimar), Aijaz Ahmad Bhat (Haka Bazar Lalbazar), Mudasir Nazir Khan (Haka Bazar Lalbazar), Shoib Nazir Jan (Botashah Mohalla Lalbazar), Ajaz Ahmad Khan (Haka Bazar Lalbazar), Liyaqat Husain Dar (Ahmad Nagar), Bilal Ahmad Ganie (Pandach), Musaib Ahmad Dar (Ahmad Nagar), Owais Ahmad Bhat (Tiploo Mohalla Anchar), Aijaz Ahmad Rah (Khalid Colony Soura), Moyeeb Shafi Ganie (Subzi Mandi Soura), Nazir Ahmad Gudoo (Tiploo Mohalla Anchar), Manzoor Ahmad Dar (Wanihama Payeen), Mohammad Ismail (Wanihama Payeen), Sahil Nisar (Aribagh BK Pora Nowgam), Muzaffar Farooq Mir (Shazadpora Dangarpora), Nayeem Ahmad Khan (Gamander Panthachowk), Sajad Ahmad Marazi (Hamdaniya Colony), Imtiyaz Ahmad Khanday alias Raju, Unaib Naseer Mir (Shazadpora Dangerpora Nowgam), Asif Mushtaq Baba (Gamander Panthachowk), Shaheena Bano (Barthana Qamarwari), Waseem Tariq Matta (Barthana), Shaib-Ul-Islam Ganie (Batamaloo), Mohd Shafeeq Bhat alias Shafeeq Molvi (Diyarwani Batamaloo), Waseem Khan (Diyarwani Batamaloo), Tufail Ahmad Bhat (Diyarwani Batamaloo), Dr. Idrees Ganie (Batamaloo), Izhar-Ul Islam Ganie (Batamaloo), Manan Dar (Batamaloo), Hanan Gulzar Dar (Batamaloo), Nasrullah Mir, Tariq Ahmad Dar (Solina), Ashiq Hussain Baba (Allochi Bagh Srinagar), Owais Sadiq Thoko (Zaindar Mohalla), Shabir Ahmad Wani (Habba Kadal), Idrees Ahmad Khan (Gole Market Karan Nagar), Mohammad Ramzan Hazari (Doodh Ganga Karan Nagar), Moiz Khan (Ikhrajpora), Nazray Moin (Padshahi Bagh Srinagar), Danish Maqbool Sheikh (Padshahi Bagh), Mudasir Bashir Dar (Padshahi Bagh), Rashid Latif Bhat (Jahangir Colony Baghat), Rouf Illahi (Natipora), Irfan Ahmad Haroon alias Molvi (Natipora), Altaf Hussain Mir (Chanapora), Manzoor Ahmad Wani (Natipora), Umar Shaban Hajam (Natipora), Sajad Ahmad Dar (Chanapora), Abaas Shafi Najar (Natipora), Nisar Ahmad Khan (Chanapora), Zahid Rashid Ganie (Chanapora), Aqib Farooq (Badshanagar Chanapora), Yasir Hamid Ganie (Chanapora), Rizwan Akbar Najar (Natipora), and Numain Qayoom Wani (Chanaporalaw, it reads.
The searches were conducted in accordance with proper legal procedures in the presence of Executive Magistrates and independent witnesses under the supervision of the officers of J&K Police.
The searches were carried out to seize weapons, documents, digital devices etc. with the objective of evidence collection and intelligence gathering to detect and deter any conspiratorial or terrorist activity against the security of the Nation.
This decisive action of J&K Police aims to dismantle the terrorist ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir by identifying and taking legal action against individuals engaged in such anti-national and criminal activities, statement reads.
Srinagar Police remains committed to maintaining peace and security in the city. Any individual found furthering the agenda of violence, disruption, or unlawful activities will face strict legal consequences under the law, reads the statement. (JKNS)
