Shopian Police have arrested 10 alleged terror associates while investigating a suspected terror financing network involving suspicious online transactions and alleged links to LeT and TRF. (Images: Dynamite News)
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested 10 alleged terror associates while investigating a suspected terrorist funding network operating in Shopian and adjoining areas. The investigation reportedly uncovered suspicious digital transactions and financial links allegedly connected to terrorist organisations. According to police, the suspects were using financial applications to facilitate online money transfers. Investigators are examining the suspected funding chain and alleged connections with terrorist associates lodged in different jails.
Police suspect that money was collected from members of the public and transferred through financial channels to support activities linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF). The funds were allegedly used to provide logistical assistance to terrorists, including purchasing smartphones. However, the alleged financial links and the individual roles of those arrested are still being investigated.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Owais Shafi Naikoo and Tajamul Ahmad Shah of Shopian; Moiz Iqbal and Imdad Yousuf Ganie of Chitragam Kalan; Saqib Zahoor Wani and Liyaqat Nazir Lone of Murran, Pulwama; Aamir Ahmad Ganie of Armolah, Pulwama; Firdous Thokar of Nadigund, Trenz; and Mohd Hanief and Kaju of Check Haria, Kathua.
The case has been registered at Shopian Police Station under FIR No. 231/2026. Police are tracing the origin and movement of the suspected funds to establish the extent of the alleged network. Officials have indicated that further arrests are possible as the investigation progresses. The allegations against the arrested individuals are yet to be established through legal proceedings.
