The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Thursday launched simultaneous raids at 13 locations across the Kashmir valley in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Srinagar Jaish-e-Muhammad conspiracy and the recent Delhi bomb blast case, officials said.

Official sources told news agency , the searches are being carried out based on intelligence inputs gathered by the J&K CID as part of a larger probe into the network suspected of facilitating the Red Fort blast earlier this week.

Several teams of CIK personnel are conducting the raids in coordination with local police and other security agencies. The searches are focused on premises of individuals allegedly linked with the proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad.

Sources said, The raids are part of intensified efforts to dismantle terror modules operating between Kashmir and other parts of the country. –(KNC)