The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Saturday carried out comprehensive and simultaneous raids across the Kashmir Valley as part of an ongoing investigation into cases linked to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), official sources said.
The investigators’ team conducted sweeping operations in Srinagar, Anantnag, and Ganderbal districts.
These searches are linked to FIR No. 07/2023, registered at the CIK’s Police Station JIC in Srinagar under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the stringent UAPA, including provisions related to promoting enmity and criminal intimidation.
Sources said the CIK team carried out a raid at the residence of Riyaz Ahmad Beigh, son of Noor Mohammad Beigh, originally from Maharaj Gunj and later shifted to Hokarsar near Shalteng Police Station. The operation, according to officials, was underway.
Meanwhile, in South Kashmir’s Anantnag, Gulzar Ahmad Rather (42), son of Abdul Gani Rather, of Nowgam, Kapran, was also searched.
Rather, a Class 10 pass-out has been serving as the Imam at Phali Masjid Nowgam since 2012.
The investigators recovered a mobile phone from the accused and sent it for forensic examination in connection with the UAPA case, the sources said.
Besides, a third raid was conducted in Ganderbal, where the CIK team searched the residence of Syed Qalandar Shah, son of Barkat Shah, a resident of Chountwaliwar Lar.
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