NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recovered Rs 1.15 crore in cash and letterheads of Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashker e Taiba in raids conducted on Saturday across Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Haryana in a case involving terror funding meant to fuel unrest in the Valley. The raids follow days after NIA converted a preliminary enquiry into the terror funding, allegedly involving Hurriyat leaders, into a regular case.

NIA chief Sharad Kumar told TOI that said 22 locations, including 14-15 in Kashmir and 7 in Delhi, are being raided since early Saturday morning.

An NIA spokesperson said the searches have so far led to the recovery of cash amount of over Rs 1.15 crore, property-related documents, letterheads of banned terrorist organisations such as LeT and HM, pen-drives, laptops, and other incriminating documents.

Fresh locations revealed during the questioning of the inmates will also be searched, the spokesperson added.

According to sources, the locations raided on Saturday are residences and offices belonging to Hurriyat members and big hawala traders suspected to have acted as conduits for terror funds. Some of the locations in Delhi are Greater Kailash, Pitampura and Ballimaran in Chandni Chowk.

One of the NIA teams, which include an Enforcement Directorate representative each, has already recovered cash worth Rs 1.15 crore in the raid at a residential location in Kashmir, TOI has learnt.

As per the case registered by NIA 4-5 days ago, terror funds allegedly sourced from Pakistan-based terror outfits like Lashker e Taiba were used for fuelling unrest in the Valley through incidents of stone-pelting and targeting of schools and public property.

NIA had recently questioned Hurriyat leaders Naeem Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar @ Bitta Karate and Javed Ahmed Baba @ Prince @ Gazi at Srinagar and Delhi regarding their involvement in raising, collecting and transferring funds through hawala and other channels for terror funding in Kashmir.

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