The State Investigation Agency (SIA), Jammu, Monday filed a chargesheet against key operatives behind the notorious “Kashmir Fight”, a social media handle used to issue chilling online threats to migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees, aiming to spread fear and unrest.
The platform, operated by The Resistance Front (TRF)—a proscribed terrorist organization in February 2024 issued a series of threatening posts that were published on social media by the terror outfit’s social media handle, following which an investigation was initiated by SIA Jammu. The charge sheet was filed before the 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu.
According to a SIA spokesman, "During the investigation, SIA apprehended Farhaan Muzaffar Mattoo, a resident of Srinagar, for his alleged role in gathering and sharing sensitive information about targeted employees".
The spokesman further revealed that Mattoo acted as a conduit, using encrypted communication platforms to pass critical data about migrant employees to handlers based in Pakistan, who then issued threats through the “Kashmir Fight” platform.
The chargesheet also identified Sheikh Sajjad Ahmad, alias Sajjad Gul, a Srinagar resident now operating from Pakistan, as the mastermind of this plot. Sajad is accused of coordinating the campaign to intimidate migrant employees and disrupt communal harmony in the UT.
