NIA carries out multiple raids in North Kashmir

The National investigation agency (NIA) arrested a person during a raid in the Pattan area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, today.

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NIA sleuths accompanied by J&K police and CRPF raided the house of one Ghulam Mohammad Mir, a former employee of Military Engineering services, at Palpora Pattan, Baramulla district of North Kashmir.

"During the raid, the NIA held the house owner Mir in connection with terror funding case," sources said.

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Meanwhile, NIA also carried out a raid at the residence of Abdul Majeed Bhat in Mughalpora in Keeri area of Baramulla district.

However, it was not immediately known regarding which case national probe agency has raided these places.

Pertinently, the NIA has conducted multiple raids, mainly in South Kashmir's Pulwama district in the last two months regarding Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives, last year.

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