Major security breach detected inside Central Jail, Srinagar

CIK, SIA jointly conduct searches at Central Jail Srinagar; SIM cards, Mobile phones recovered

In a major swoop down inside the Central jail, Srinagar the sleuths of Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) and State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday ‘uncovered‘ an active terror module of proscribed terrorist organizations by recovering mobile phones, SIM cards and other incriminating documents.

A large number of terrorist operatives and their sympathizers are lodged inside the central jail and maintain regular contact with their handlers across the line of control through modern communication tools/ devices.

The surprise raid has also exposed the loopholes and connivance of the jail authorities/ other facilitators.

The investigating agencies working on the case are also looking into the aspect of a major security breach of Central Jail premises as to how these digital communication devices reached the jail premises. Facilitators/ collaborators in this act will also become the subject of investigation.

Official sources said the searches were conducted in different blocks/ barracks of Central Jail Srinagar wherein incriminating material in the form of SIM cards, Mobile phones, and other digital devices having bearing on the investigation of the case have been recovered and seized in the case.

Preliminary investigations revealed the suspects/ inmates were in continuous touch with the handlers/ members of a terrorist organization(s) across the border thereby receiving directions and passing them on to the active terrorists in Kashmir valley.

According to a police spokesman the searches at Central Jail, Srinagar were conducted in pursuance to a search warrant issued by the Court of Special Judge, Designated under NIA Act, Srinagar in case FIR No. 06/2023 u/s 153-A, 505,121 & 120-B IPC r/w 13 & 39 UA(P) Act.

The spokesman said the case pertains to a larger conspiracy hatched by proscribed terrorist organizations operating within J&K and across the LoC at the behest of Pakistani agencies, in connivance with their OGWs/ supporters/ facilitators/ sympathizers in Kashmir valley.

The police spokesman said the terrorist handlers are continuously in the process of creating ‘new terror modules’ (gangs) wherein by misusing various social media applications, youths of Kashmir are lured by varied ways and means including radicalization/ instigation/ provocation, etc. with the intention to make the youths indulge in unlawful and terrorist activities and also to join terrorist ranks for furthering the activities of these terrorist organizations.

During the investigation of the instant case, it emerged that mobile phones/ devices are being used in Central Jail, Srinagar premises by under trial terrorists/ OGWs/ supporters/ sympathizers of various proscribed terrorist organizations for communicating with active terrorists and passing on directions so received from the handlers sitting across for furtherance of terrorist activities.

The police spokesman said the raids were aimed at uncovering crucial evidence, curbing illicit activities, preventing the misuse of communication devices, such as mobile phones, within the security zones including the jails, and dismantling the terror ecosystem in the UT by not only identifying terrorist associates/ Over Ground Workers (OGWs) supporting and abetting terrorism by misusing the mobile phones but by ensuring legal action against them as envisaged by the law of the land.

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