NIA raids hideouts of banned outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
According to the agency, the raids were conducted as part of its efforts to destroy various terror modules that are involved in the conspiracy to radicalise and recruit vulnerable Muslim youths. Further investigations by the agency are presently on in this case. Last week, the NIA also conducted several raids across various locations in the Kashmir valley as part of its investigation against terror conspiracy by Pakistan-backed terrorist organisations and their offshoots. A total of thirty-two locations were raided as part of the crackdown. The locations included residences of terrorists and overground workers associated with Pakistan-based terror outfits such as The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front, Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others, which are affiliated to proscribed terrorist organisations such as Laskar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Al- Badr and others.Must Watch
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