Police perform searches in Srinagar at a number of places after Pahalgam terror assault

In response to the lethal Pahalgam terror assault that claimed 26 lives, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday carried out in depth searches throughout a number of places within the metropolis to crack down on the area’s terror-support infrastructure.

A police spokesperson stated the intensified operation was a part of ongoing efforts to dismantle networks supporting banned militant organisations. The searches focused suspected terrorist associates and had been linked to ongoing investigations underneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The sweeping crackdown displays heightened safety measures within the aftermath of one of many deadliest assaults within the area in recent times.

The searches had been carried out in accordance with correct authorized procedures, within the presence of government magistrates and unbiased witnesses and underneath the supervision of officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, he stated.

The searches had been carried out to grab arms, paperwork, digital units and many others., with the target of proof assortment and intelligence gathering to detect and deter any conspiratorial or terrorist exercise towards the nation’s safety, he added.

This decisive police motion goals at dismantling the phobia ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir by figuring out and taking authorized motion towards people engaged in anti-national and legal actions, the spokesperson stated.

He stated the Srinagar Police stays dedicated to sustaining peace and safety within the metropolis, including that any particular person discovered furthering the agenda of violence, disruption or illegal actions will face strict authorized penalties.

Twenty-six folks, principally vacationers, had been killed and a number of other injured when terrorists opened hearth at a meadow close to the favored vacationer city of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on April 22.

With inputs from businesses