Srinagar, Sep 6 ( UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) Srinagar presented a charge sheet against a terror module including a Pakistani handler for motivating and radicalising youth through social media to join militant ranks.
The charge sheet was presented in the Court of Special Judge, designated under National Investigation Agency Act, here in a case registered in 2023.
Those chargesheeted included Pakistani handler Illyas Kashmiri alias Gazi Hamas alias Haider a resident of Bhawalpur, Pakistan; Waseem Ahmad Sheikh of Kandoora, Beerwah,Budgam; Junaid Ahmed Mir of Tekipora Lolab Kupwara and Shabir Ahmed Gojri of Darbagh Harwan Srinagar
Police said the case was registered in Police Station CIK on an information received through reliable sources that a terrorist module in pursuance of criminal conspiracy is radicalising, motivating potential youths to join terrorist organizations of Lashkar-e-Taiba , Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) , Jaish-e-Mohammad on different social media applications, platforms which includes encrypted messaging applications.
“During the course of investigation, it was established that a criminal conspiracy has been hatched by terrorist Commander Illyas Kashmiri and three others and in pursuance of the conspiracy handler of this terror module was sharing criminal/seditious contents through encrypted messaging applications with above named accused in order to motivate,radicalize,lure gullible youths by variety of incentives to join terrorist ranks of LeT/AuGH/JeM, so as to extend logistic support to terrorist organizations for furthering their terrorist activities,” a police statement said.
“Besides it, these above accused persons were acting as OGWs (overground workers) of proscribed terrorist organizations of LeT/AuGH/JeM for carrying arms/ammunition and providing other logistic support to these terrorist organizations on the directions of handler namely Illyas Kashmiri. The said terrorist commander/ handler is known for recruiting the potential youths into terrorist ranks through different social media applications/platform which included encrypted messaging applications.,” it added.
A reward of Rupees three lakh has already been announced for giving information about Illyas Kashmiri.
