The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on December 3, recovered INR 2.9 million cash during raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in an alleged militant funding case, reports Daily Excelsior. The SIA said that it conducted raids at houses and premises of various suspects in Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Srinagar and Budgam. The raids were conducted in a case of funding of various Al-Badr through a network of Over Ground Workers (OGWs). “Continuing to rein in the networks of (militant) outfits with a purpose of destroying its ecosystems completely, State Investigation Agency, Kashmir conducted searches at multiple locations across Kashmir valley,” the SIA said in a statement. “The case pertains to members of proscribed (militant) organization Al-Badr based in Pakistan who with active support and connivance of Pakistani agencies, hostile to India, under a well-knit criminal conspiracy with some identified persons and OGWs of proscribed (militant) organization(s) in the Valley are raising funds for furtherance of (militant) activities in J&K,” the Agency said, adding that the money so raised is passed on or transferred through “financial markets or through unregulated channels/through cash couriers.”