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<strong>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday registered a case relating to a conspiracy by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) and its chief Hidayat-ullah Malik, who had recced the office of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval in May last year, working at the behest of Pakistan-based proscribed terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to carry out terrorist activities in the Jammu region.</strong></p>
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An NIA official said here that the agency registered a case on Tuesday as the LeM was trying to carry out terrorist activities in the Jammu area with the aim of threatening the sovereignty, integrity and security of India.<br />
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The NIA took over the case which the Jammu and Kashmir Police had registered at the Gangyal police station in Jammu district on February 6 this year under several sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).<br />
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According to NIA officials, the arrested accused Malik is the chief of Lashker-e-Mustafa. &quot;During searches, one hand grenade, three magazines and 28 rounds with other incriminating materials were recovered from his possession,&quot; the official said.<br />
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The official further said that Malik had done reconnaissance of many security installations in Jammu and Delhi in 2018 and 2019 for carrying out terror attacks.<br />
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According to the officers of J&amp;K Police related to the probe, during interrogation, Malik confessed that he had done recce of Doval&#39;s office and several other locations and sent reports to the commanders of JeM in Pakistan.<br />
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The official said that Malik was arrested from Anantnag and during his interrogation, he has revealed that he had taken a flight to Delhi last year in May and recorded a video of Doval&#39;s office and then passed it on to his Pakistani commander named Doctor through WhatsApp.<br />
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Malik also confessed to have conducted a recce of the border area in J&amp;K&#39;s Samba sector in mid 2019, along with Sameer Ahmad Dar, who was arrested by the NIA in January last year for his involvement in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.<br />
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According to NIA officials, Malik has been associated with other terror groups in past to further subversive and terror activities in the Kashmir Valley.<br />
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&quot;The terror group had also committed a daylight bank robbery in which Rs 60 lakh were looted from J&amp;K Bank&#39;s main branch in Shopian in November 2020,&quot; the NIA official said.<br />
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The NSA has remained a prime target for the terrorists since the 2016 Uri surgical strike and the Balakot air strike of 2019.<br />
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Doval also questioned JeM chief Masood Azhar after his arrest in 1994, and was one of the persons to escort Azhar to Kandhar in the wake of the IC-814 hijack in 1999.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>
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