‘Investigations reveal Pak-based funding, use of females for anti-national agenda’
Srinagar, Oct 24: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said that it arrested six people, including four women, for their alleged involvement in a clandestine module linked to the banned organisation Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district
In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a police spokesman said that the investigations revealed suspected links of the accused with a Pakistan-based handler, prison-based coordination, covert meetings and alleged financial transactions to propagate separatist ideology and anti-national agenda.
A case has been registered under Sections 10 and 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) at Bandipora police station under FIR No. 168/2026, he said.
The arrested persons have been identified as Mubeena Banoo of Dachigam in Bandipora; Waheed Ahmad Bhat, of Handwara in Kupwara district; Kushboo Jan, Mehak Jan and Aliya Jan, all residents of Check Panzigam in Bandipora; and Irfan Ahmed Reshi alias Rayees, of Ananwan in Handwara, the spokesman said.
The alleged network was operating under the directions of a Pakistan-based handler and involved prison-based contacts and meetings aimed at propagating separatist ideology, he said, adding that further investigations are underway. (KNO)
