Jammu, Oct. 24 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted what they describe as a terror-financing and separatist-propaganda network in north Kashmir. Six people, four of them women, have been arrested in Bandipora district. Police allege the network was run on the orders of a Pakistan-based handler, and it is the presence of four women in a single module that has set alarm bells ringing in security circles.
According to police, the module's leader is Waheed Ahmed Butt, a resident of Handwara in Kupwara district. He was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2022 in connection with an anti-national rally in Kupwara, and was released in 2024. Police say the module is allegedly linked to the banned separatist organisa...