The Counter Intelligence Wing (CIK) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out several raids in several districts of the Valley to bust a new militant group believed to be an offshoot of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), officials said.

The CIK carried out a major operation, carrying out raids in several districts, including Srinagar, Ganderbal, Bandipora, Kulgam, Budgam, Anantnag and Pulwama, they said.

During the operation, a recruitment module of a newly created terrorist organization was dismantled, they said.

Officials said the new group, seen as an offshoot of LeT, is believed to be led by a Pakistani terrorist known by his pseudonym “Baba Hamas.”

The raids are still ongoing and further details are awaited, they added.