Srinagar, Aug 16 : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today conducted raids at a dozen places, including the houses of government employees and lawyer in the Kashmir Valley in connection with alleged terror funding from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), official sources said here today. The government has also blacklisted 34 companies of PoK involved illegal activity on cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade routes after the recovery of drugs from a truck at Trade Facilitation Centre Salamabad Uri on July 21. Meanwhile, alleging that raids by NIA and Enforcement Directorate (ED) were being used to cripple the business community in Kashmir, the Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) has threatened to launch an agitation if this was not stopped immediately. Official sources said the NIA personnel, assisted by state police and paramilitary forces raided a dozen places in summer capital, Srinagar, Tangmarg in Baramulla district, Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara since early this morning. “Those being raided in Kashmir Valley have alleged links to persons being investigated in the case,” they said. They said this is for the first time that the NIA has conducted raid at the residences of Assistant Director Industries Peerzada Ghulam Nabi Bhat at Tarhama Kunzar, Tangmarg and Peer Bagh, Srinagar. “The house of his brother Ghulam Mohammad Bhat at Tangmarg was also raided,” they said. They said the residence of a person, who was a driver by profession, was also raided in Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara. Similarly, the residence of an advocate, Abdul Rahim Wani, at Mazhama, Magam, in Tangmarg was also raided by the NIA this morning. UNI
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