Srinagar, February 17 The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) filed a chargesheet against two individuals from the Union Territory on Tuesday for carrying out anti-national activities from Pakistan, officials said.
The comprehensive chargesheet was filed before a competent court against Altaf Hussain Wagay and Shabir Ahmad Sheikh for their involvement in unlawful and anti-national activities linked to the banned terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen, a police spokesman said.
Wagay is a resident of Reban Gund Behram in the Shopian district, while Sheikh is from Rampora in the Kulgam district.
The spokesman said that both Wagay and Sheikh were currently operating from across the border.
"The case pertains to the dissemination and propagation of anti-national, secessionist, and pro-terrorist content through various social media platforms with the intent to radicalize youth and disturb public order in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir," he said.
He said that an FIR was registered at the CIK/SIA Kashmir police station under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) after credible inputs revealed that Pakistan-based banned terrorist organizations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad along with their proxies and sympathizers, were engaged in a coordinated conspiracy to disseminate anti-India and secessionist propaganda through online and offline channels.
"The objective of this campaign was to challenge the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India, incite disaffection, and radicalize impressionable youth to further terrorist activities," he added.
During the investigation, SIA Kashmir successfully identified multiple social media accounts operated under pseudonyms by the accused persons to evade detection by law enforcement agencies.
"Their active role in spreading secessionist ideology, promoting terrorism, and attempting to undermine the lawful administrative framework has been established," the spokesman said.
He said that further investigation in respect of other suspects and associated conspirators is continuing under the relevant provisions of law.