SIA busts sleeper Cell, Hizb terror aide held in Shopian

Srinagar, Aug 23: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir has claimed to have achieved a major success by apprehending an Over Ground Worker (OGW), who worked as a sleeper cell for the terrorist organisation Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
In a statement, SIA said, following relentless efforts, it has achieved a major success by apprehending an OGW, Altaf Hussain Wagay S/o Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Wagay R/o Reban Gund, Behram Shopian, who worked as a sleeper cell for the terrorist organisation, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
The arrest was made as a part of the ongoing investigation into a case under FIR number 01/2025 under sections 13, 18, 18-B, 38, 39 of Police Station CI/SIA Kashmir, it said.
The statement reads during the investigation, SIA Kashmir has got evidence, which establishes the connection of the arrested accused with a terrorist handler, belonging to HM, who is operating from across on whose behest the OGW was orchestrating terrorist, unlawful and anti-national activities by actively engaging in terrorist conspiracy, propagating and furthering anti-India narratives.
“Their activities were aimed not only at challenging the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India but also at inciting disaffection, public disorder, and communal hatred,” the statement reads.
The arrest of OGW Altaf Hussain Wagay S/ Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Wagay R/o Reban Gund, Behram Shopian, belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen is a major success in the path towards unearthing the sleeper cells, who are highly radicalised, sharing secessionist, unlawful, separatists contents and are also having connections with Pakistan terror handlers, terrorist organization and Pakistan intelligence agencies. (KNO)