Jammu, August 19 (Bureau) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at multiple locations across the Jammu region in the case related to interception of a drone used for delivery of consignments of arms, ammunition, explosives by a key module of TRF, an offshoot of LeT, which was working at the behest of Pakistani handlers. The NIA spokesman said that searches were conducted at eight different locations in Srinagar, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir. “The TRF operatives were in constant touch with Pakistani handlers of LeT and were receiving consignments of arms, ammunition, explosives and other terrorist hardware via drones in Indian Territory near IB in the Samba Sector,” he said.
The spokesman added that these weapon consignments were being further supplied to TRF terrorists in Kashmir for execution of terrorist attacks on minorities, migrants and security forces. “The case was initially registered in Police Station Rajbagh, Kathua and was re-registered by NIA on July 30,” said the spokesman. He said that searches conducted on Thursday have led to recovery of various incriminating material and digital devices, documents etc and further investigations in the case are in progress.