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Srinagar, Oct 5 (Reporter) National Investigation Agency sleuths are conducted searches at 22 locations in five states in a case related to activities of banned Jaish-e-Mohammad, officials said on Saturday.
The searches were being conducted in Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh , Assam and Delhi, they said.
Officials said the NIA teams are being assisted by local authorities to carry out the searches.
The spokesperson of the NIA said searches are being carried out at 22 locations in five states in a case registered in the Delhi wing of the Agency.
“The searches are being carried out in case RC-13/24/NIA/DLI. The case relates to activities of JeM,” NIA said.
The JeM was founded by Maulana Masood Azhar, one of the three militants who were released in exchange for IC 814 passengers in 1999. Jaish was enlisted as a "Designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation" by the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC) Masood Azhar was designated as "Global Terrorist" in 2019 by the UNSC...////...