Handlers of anti-KP social media account chargesheeted by SIA

In a significant step against cyber-terrorism, State Investigation Agency (SIA), Jammu, has filed a chargesheet against key operatives behind the notorious ‘Kashmir Fight’, a social media handle.

The platform, operated by The Resistance Front (TRF)—a proscribed terrorist organisation—was used to issue online threats to migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees, aiming to spread fear and unrest.

In February, a series of threatening posts were published on social media by the terror outfit’s social media handle, following which an investigation was initiated by SIA Jammu.

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 probe 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 names Sheikh Sajjad Ahmad, a Srinagar resident now operating from Pakistan, as the mastermind of this plot. Sajjad is accused of coordinating the campaign to intimidate migrant employees and disrupt communal harmony in the UT. The chargesheet was filed today.