<p>Srinagar: Amid heightened Indo-Pak military hostilities, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/jammu-and-kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> Police on Sunday carried out sweeping raids across South Kashmir in a case linked to the alleged sharing of “sensitive and strategic information about security forces and vital installations” through encrypted messaging platforms.</p><p>The SIA, which functions as the Union Territory’s equivalent of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), said several individuals were detained and substantial incriminating material was seized during the raids.</p><p>J&K Police are keeping surveillance on terror associates and overground workers (OGWs) operating in the Valley, an official of the SIA said. It said technical intelligence had revealed that sleeper cell modules in Kashmir were in direct contact with their handlers across the border in Pakistan, actively transmitting classified information via encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal.</p>.Ceasefire offers hope, but hidden threat of unexploded shells lurk along LoC villages in Jammu and Kashmir.<p>The SIA busted alleged sleeper cell modules after carrying out extensive raids across more than 20 locations in four districts of south Kashmir – Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian. The searches were conducted as part of an investigation in case FIR No. 01/2025, registered under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, including Sections 13, 17, 18, 18-B, 38, and 39.</p><p>“These terror associates were also involved in online radical propaganda at the behest of terrorist commanders of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad, posing a grave threat to national security and integrity,” the SIA stated.</p><p>The anti-terror probe agency added that its preliminary findings suggest that the suspects were “actively engaged in a larger terrorist conspiracy, spreading and promoting anti-India narratives designed to challenge India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, while inciting disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred.”</p><p>The crackdown comes in the backdrop of increased cross-border tension marked by the ominous roar of fighter aircrafts and buzzing drones. On Saturday evening, a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan brought a sigh of relief in Kashmir after recent hostilities.</p>
<p>Srinagar: Amid heightened Indo-Pak military hostilities, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/jammu-and-kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> Police on Sunday carried out sweeping raids across South Kashmir in a case linked to the alleged sharing of “sensitive and strategic information about security forces and vital installations” through encrypted messaging platforms.</p><p>The SIA, which functions as the Union Territory’s equivalent of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), said several individuals were detained and substantial incriminating material was seized during the raids.</p><p>J&K Police are keeping surveillance on terror associates and overground workers (OGWs) operating in the Valley, an official of the SIA said. It said technical intelligence had revealed that sleeper cell modules in Kashmir were in direct contact with their handlers across the border in Pakistan, actively transmitting classified information via encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal.</p>.Ceasefire offers hope, but hidden threat of unexploded shells lurk along LoC villages in Jammu and Kashmir.<p>The SIA busted alleged sleeper cell modules after carrying out extensive raids across more than 20 locations in four districts of south Kashmir – Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian. The searches were conducted as part of an investigation in case FIR No. 01/2025, registered under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, including Sections 13, 17, 18, 18-B, 38, and 39.</p><p>“These terror associates were also involved in online radical propaganda at the behest of terrorist commanders of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad, posing a grave threat to national security and integrity,” the SIA stated.</p><p>The anti-terror probe agency added that its preliminary findings suggest that the suspects were “actively engaged in a larger terrorist conspiracy, spreading and promoting anti-India narratives designed to challenge India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, while inciting disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred.”</p><p>The crackdown comes in the backdrop of increased cross-border tension marked by the ominous roar of fighter aircrafts and buzzing drones. On Saturday evening, a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan brought a sigh of relief in Kashmir after recent hostilities.</p>