The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the Pahalgam terror attack case from Jammu and Kashmir Police and begun its investigation into the deadly attack that resulted in the killing of 26 tourists, top sources told ANI.
The searches were conducted in accordance with proper legal procedures in the presence of Executive Magistrates and independent witnesses under the supervision of the officers of J&K Police.
Bandipora police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested four overground workers and claimed to have busted a module of terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (Let), police said in a release on Thursday.
The NIA team - led by a Deputy Inspector General-rank officer - visited Baisaran a day after terrorists gunned down a group of tourists in the picturesque meadow, which is located around five kilometres from Pahalgam town in Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Anantnag Police attached the property of notorious drug peddler Peer Iftikar Hussain under the NDPS Act. The double-storied house, valued at Rs 1 crore, came under the district's intensified crackdown on drug trafficking.
During his visit, Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting in the Union Territory to assess the current law and order scenario. Senior officials from the J-K Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and intelligence agencies will likely attend the meeting.
According to a release, the recovered items include one machine gun, seven assorted hand grenades, 90 loose rounds, one China-made binocular, two solar mobile chargers, as well as clothing including a sleeping bag of foreign origin and a large quantity of Pakistan-made medicines.
In relentless operations since March 27 in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, the Rising Stars Corps of the Indian Army has eliminated two terrorists under 'Operation Safiyan' which has led to the recovery of war-like stores. However, the operation is still underway.
Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday carried out searches at several places across the district in connection with an investigation of banned terror outfits.
Continuing its crackdown against banned separatist organisations, Kupwara Police on Tuesday conducted multiple raids across the district, targeting individuals associated with proscribed outfits such as Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Muslim League, and Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party.
A joint operation by Jammu and Kashmir Police and Rising Star Corps in Saniyal, Hiranagar, on March 23, led to the recovery of warlike stores on Tuesday.