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Srinagar: Indian police and New Delhi\u2013controlled State Investigation Agency (SIA) have intensified raids and arrests across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir under the sweeping pretext of dismantling what they call a \u201cwhite-collar terror network,\u201d further deepening fear and repression in the territory.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the SIA arrested a Kashmiri civilian, Tufail Niyaz Butt of Batamaloo, Srinagar. Officials said he was picked up as part of what they describe as an \u201congoing investigation\u201d into posters pasted in Bunpora, Nowgam, in mid-October\u2014an incident local residents say is being exploited to justify widescale detentions.<\/p>\n
The police investigation\u2014personally overseen by Senior Superintendent of Police (Srinagar) Dr G.V. Sundeep Chakravarthy\u2014began with CCTV footage analysis that led to the arrest of three youth: Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid. Their interrogation was subsequently used to expand the case, resulting in the arrest of Maulvi Irfan Ahmad, a former paramedic turned imam, whom police accused of supplying posters and \u201cradicalizing\u201d doctors.<\/p>\n
As part of the widening crackdown, investigators extended the trail to Faridabad\u2019s Al Falah University, where two Kashmiri doctors\u2014Dr Muzzafar Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed\u2014were arrested. Indian agencies also claimed to have seized 2,900 kg of explosive material\u2014an assertion independent observers have questioned due to the lack of transparency and contradictory statements issued by investigative bodies.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kashmiris continue to decry the systematic use of raids, arrests, and intimidation under fabricated charges designed to stifle dissent and criminalise professional, academic, and religious circles. Rights groups have termed the ongoing campaign an attempt to manufacture a narrative that portrays ordinary Kashmiris\u2014including doctors, scholars, and students\u2014as security threats.<\/p>\n
Kashmiri civil society has stressed that India\u2019s agencies are weaponizing investigations to justify collective punishment, crackdown on dissenting voices, and sustain the climate of fear across the occupied territory. Arrests and raids, locals say, continue unabated under one pretext or another\u2014further exposing India\u2019s repressive rule in IIOJK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar: Indian police and New Delhi\u2013controlled State Investigation Agency (SIA) have intensified raids and arrests across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir under the sweeping pretext of dismantling what they call a \u201cwhite-collar terror network,\u201d further deepening fear and repression in the territory. According to Kashmir Media Service, the SIA arrested a Kashmiri civilian, Tufail …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arrest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t