Srinagar: Special Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at 11 locations in south Kashmir’s three districts in connection with the killing of a non-local street vendor.
A spokesperson of the SIA said that the raids were carried out in the early morning at 11 places in Anantnag, Shopian, and Kulgam districts in connection with the ongoing investigation of case FIR No 87/2024 of Police Station Bijbehara.
“[The case] was about the killing of non-local street vendor Raja Sah on 17 April 2024 at Jablipota, Bijbehara to ascertain a larger criminal conspiracy behind this killing,” the SIA spokesperson said.
It was said that the SIA sleuths, during the raids, were accompanied by the local police and CRPF, who stayed on guard outside the targeted places to keep the law and order from disturbing them.
During searches, various articles including mobile phones, electronic gadgets, and documents relevant to the ongoing investigation have been seized in the case, which shall be forensically examined and analyzed during investigation in the case, the probing agency added.
