How a Ganderbal man is working an LeT recruitment community from Bangladesh
3 min learnSrinagarMar 26, 2026 07:12 PM IST
Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Thursday carried out in depth searches at a number of areas throughout the districts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Shopian, resulting in the busting of a “vital terrorist recruitment module”. CIK stated the group was working in coordination with handlers from throughout the Line of Management (LoC) and allegedly in connivance with a community based mostly in Bangladesh.
The searches have been carried out at 10 areas within the Kashmir Valley in pursuance of search warrants issued by the Court docket of the Particular Choose designated below the NIA Act in Srinagar, and pertain to an FIR below provisions of the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act registered at Police Station CIK.
“Through the course of investigation, it has emerged that the module is being dealt with by a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Shabir Ahmad Lone, initially hailing from Kangan, in Ganderbal district of Kashmir, who operates below a number of aliases together with Raju and Zafar Saddique,” officers stated.
The handler, police stated, is extremely radicalised and educated, having undergone structured arms coaching “Daura-e-Aam” and “Daura-e-Khas” in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“Shabbir initially labored as an over-ground employee for a terrorist outfit within the late Nineties earlier than becoming a member of terrorist organisation LeT within the early 2000s,” officers stated. He’s later stated to have infiltrated into India through the Bangladesh border and has remained actively concerned in terror-related actions, together with conspiracy in high-profile assaults.
“After going through authorized proceedings in India up to now, he exfiltrated to Bangladesh, the place he has since been working and coordinating terrorist recruitment and community growth,” police stated.
Investigations have additionally revealed that Lone is in shut contact with the senior management of proscribed terrorist organisations and has performed a key function in “reviving cross-border terror modules,” together with these lately unearthed in numerous elements of the nation.
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He’s at the moment believed to be based mostly in Bangladesh and continues to direct operations by a community of associates and over-ground staff.
CIK, the counter-intelligence wing of J&Okay Police, had earlier arrested one among his shut associates, Irfan Ahmad Wani, a 45-year-old particular person from Heerpura, Shopian, who was working as a spiritual functionary at an area mosque.
Preliminary investigation signifies that the accused was in steady contact with Lone and different terrorists based mostly in Pakistan and Afghanistan by encrypted messaging platforms, officers stated, including, “He was actively engaged in facilitating recruitment, radicalisation, and logistical help on the native stage.”
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