Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured that government will put an end to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and ensure peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on the achievements of his Ministry during last three years, Mr Singh said, 368 terrorists were killed between 2014 and 2017. He said, the incidents of infiltration from Pakistan have come down by 45 per cent after surgical strike in September last year.

The Minister said 10,000 Special Police Officers have been sanctioned for the state. He also said that he does not wish to see stones in hands of the Valley’s youth and 2000 crore rupees have been approved for more than 36,000 displaced families in the state.

The Minister said, there is an improvement in the security situation in the country. He said, the result is evident in 25 per cent reduction in Naxal attacks. Mr Singh said, National Policy and Action Plan was launched to tackle Left-Wing Extremism and Centre has adopted the doctrine of SAMADHAN to counter the menace.

Centre is expediting the process of infrastructure development in Left Wing Extremism affected areas. He said, banks, medical colleges, and airports have come up in Left Wing Extremism affected areas and 2187 mobile towers have been erected.

The Minister stated that government has been successful in countering the challenges posed by the ISIS. He pointed out that despite India having a large Muslim population, ISIS has not been able to establish itself in the country.

National Investigation Agency, NIA today carried out searches at 23 locations in Kashmir, Delhi and Haryana in connection with terror funding in the Kashmir Valley.

The NIA, which had earlier registered a Preliminary Enquiry, converted it into a regular case last evening and began searches in the wee hours.

An official source said, around eight hawala dealers and traders in the national capital were raided, besides two in Sonepat, Haryana.

Among those raided by the NIA in Srinagar were Altaf Fantoosh, the son-in-law of hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and some second rung separatist leaders belonging to Hurriyat Conference and the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. The agency seized nearly 1.5 crore rupees from various locations in the Kashmir Valley, besides documents which were being scrutinised.

Our correspondent reports, this is for the first time since early 1990s that a central probe agency has carried out raids in connection with terror funding to separatists.

The raids follow questioning of three separatists – Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar alias ‘Bitta Karate’ and Gazi Javed Baba of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, in the national capital last month.

During a sting operation, Nayeem Khan was seen purportedly confessing to receiving money from Pakistan-based terror groups.

CBI has arrested a Lieutenant Colonel and a middleman in connection with an alleged transfer racket at the Army headquarter in New Delhi in which army officers paid lakhs of rupees to manipulate their postings.

Official sources said, the agency arrested the two while an alleged bribe of two lakh rupees was changing hands for transfer of a Bengaluru based army officer.

The agency busted the racket involving senior Army officers posted at its headquarters in Delhi. Sources say, they were allegedly giving choice postings for “huge illegal gratification” which ran into lakhs for a single transfer.

The case has been registered against Lieutenant Colonel Ranganathan Suvramani Moni, Hyderabad- based army officer Purshottam, Bengaluru-based barracks and stores officer S. Subhas and alleged middleman Gaurav Kohli.

CBI sources say some more senior officers are suspected to be involved in the case. The agency FIR allege that the bribe was being paid through hawala channels.

The bureau is focusing on how the army officers were ready to pay lakhs of rupees to get a posting of their choice.