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Srinagar, Nov 12 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested two more people in connection with its ongoing probe into a terrorism conspiracy case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The fresh arrests took to 27 the number of people arrested from different parts of Kashmir in connection with the case in the past one month.
Rashid Muzaffar Ganaie and Nasir Mir, both residents of Sopore township of north Kashmir"s Baramulla district, were arrested during raids conducted by the NIA in the valley on Friday, a spokesperson of the agency said.
"Preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused persons are terror associates/Over Ground Workers of various proscribed terrorist organisations and have been providing logistical and material support to terrorists,” the NIA said.
The NIA registered the case on October 10 with regard to a conspiracy to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and other major cities by cadres of terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr and their affiliates such as the Resistance Front (TRF) and the People Against Fascist Forces (PAFF).
The spokesperson said the case relates to conspiracy both physically and in cyberspace for undertaking violent terrorist acts and the agency arrested 27 people in the case till now.