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NIA files second charge sheet against 5 persons in Coimbatore blast case

The NIA on Friday filed a fresh charge sheet against five persons in connection with the Coimbatore car bomb blast in October 2022, and said the prime accused was "reportedly inspired by the hardcore ISIS ideology" to carry out this terrorist attack. The agency had charge-sheeted six people in this case in April. The case pertains to an explosion that took place on October 23 outside an ancient temple in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. A vehicle-borne improvised explosives device had blown up in front of the temple. The prime accused who drove the vehicle, Jamesha Mubeen, was killed in the blast, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said. Mubeen, the NIA said in a statement, was "reportedly inspired by hardcore ISIS ideology to commit this horrendous act of terror." The five men charge-sheeted on Friday, under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Explosive Substances Act, are Umar Faaruq, Firose Khan, Mohamed Thoufeeq, Sheikh Hidayatullah and San

NIA raids 25 locations across India in Phulwari Sharif case linked with PFI

The NIA is conducting raids at more than 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala, and Bihar in connection with the Phulwari Sharif case involving the banned Popular Front of India (PFI)

NIA busts ISIS-linked terror module in Madhya Pradesh; 3 arrested

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted an ISIS-linked terror module with the arrest of three people in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. The arrests were made during overnight raids at 13 locations in Jabalpur in an intelligence-led joint operation with the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Madhya Pradesh Police, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. The official identified the arrested trio as Syed Mamoor Ali, Mohammad Adil Khan and Mohammad Shahid and said they will be produced before the NIA special court in Bhopal. A host of sharp-edged weapons, ammunition (including prohibited bore), incriminating documents and digital devices were also seized during the searches, the spokesperson said. The NIA had, on May 24, registered a case, during its investigations into the pro-ISIS activities of Khan, who came to the agency's notice in August last year. "The NIA learnt that he and his associates were involved in disseminating ISIS propaganda through social media .

NIA moves HC seeking death penalty for Yasin Malik in terror funding case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a terror funding case. The plea by the agency has been listed for hearing on May 29 before a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh. On May 24, 2022, a trial court here had awarded life imprisonment to Malik, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, after holding him guilty for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the IPC. The trial court, which had rejected the NIA's plea for capital punishment, had said the crimes committed by Malik struck at the "heart of the idea of India" and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu and Kashmir from Union of India. These crimes were intended to strike at the heart of the idea of India and intended to forcefully secede J&K from UOI. The crime becomes more serious as it was committed with the ...

NIA team visits Nitin Gadkari's Nagpur office after threat call to minister

A team from the NIA visited the Nagpur office of Union minister Nitin Gadkari in connection with the case of a threat call which was allegedly made by a murder convict to the minister's office

NIA raids multiple locations in J&K to dismantle terror support system

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday raided multiple locations in eight districts in Jammu and Kashmir as part of its efforts to dismantle terror support systems in the Union territory, an official said. Extensive searches were conducted in Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Awantipora, Anantnag and Kupwara districts in Kashmir and Poonch district in Jammu division, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. The official said the raids were conducted at more than a dozen places in connection with various cases related to members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and overground workers involved in conspiracies hatched by proscribed terrorist organisations and their affiliates. The searches also focused on the terror funding case registered suo motu by the agency on February 5, 2021, the spokesperson said, adding a large number of incriminating documents and digital devices were seized during the searches and were being scrutinised to track further links of the ...

After NIA, NSG team in Amritsar to probe two low-intensity explosions

As an NSG team reached Amritsar on Tuesday, DGP Gaurav Yadav said the Punjab Police is taking help of all agencies to probe the two blasts that took place in the city within 30 hours. A National Investigation Agency team visited and inspected the site of the second blast on Monday. The first blast happened on the night of May 6 on Heritage Street, near the Golden Temple. One person was injured and the glass facades of some buildings in the area were damaged in the blast. The second low-intensity blast on the same street on the morning of May 8 injured one more person. Punjab Police said it has not found any trigger device or detonator from the area that may have been used. "We are deeply investigating the Amritsar incident. We have not found any detonator or any such thing. Our forensic team is investigating," DGP Yadav said. "We are checking from all angles. if there is any mischief, any terror angle or any personal motive, we will thoroughly investigate," he told reporters in .

NIA raids several places in Bihar as part of crackdown on govt-banned PFI

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted raids in several places in Bihar as part of its crackdown on Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) which was banned by the Union Home Ministry last year. One of these raids took place in Muzaffarpur district where an NIA team, assisted by the local police, raided the house of one Mohammad Saquib in Ankhauli village of Katra block. While the officials were tight-lipped about the raid that began around 5 am and continued for a few hours, the father of Saquib, Neyaz Ahmed, told reporters, "They had come to inquire about my son. We told them that we have had no contact with him for about the past one year." "They also obtained the mobile number of my son, who is aged 30 years. They tried to call his number but got no reply. They took away two of his bank passbooks that were kept at home, along with some other documents," said Ahmed. In adjoining East Champaran district, where suspected PFI operative Irshad was ..

NIA conducts fresh raids against PFI at 16 places across four states

In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency carried out searches at 16 locations in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab and Goa

Court sends Lawrence Bishnoi to NIA custody for a week for terror funding

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a week for interrogation in a case related to alleged terror funding to pro-Khalistan outfits, a source said. Special Judge Shailendra Malik passed the order in an 'in-chamber proceeding' on an application moved by the NIA, the court source said. In its application, the agency sought Bishnoi's custody for seven days, claiming that he was required to be confronted with an arrested co-accused Deepak Ranga in the matter. The court has also allowed Bishnoi's lawyers to meet him during his custody and directed jail authorities to ensure his safety and security, noting that he was a high-risk accused. The NIA had lodged the case under sections related to waging war against the State, conspiracy and other offences punishable under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Bishnoi is also an accused in the case related to the alleged killing of Punjabi singe

NIA to probe protest, vandalism attempt at Indian High Commission in London

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the case of protests and attempt to vandalise the Indian High Commission in London last month, officials said on Tuesday. The NIA will take over the case from the special cell of the Delhi Police which had registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act as it involves unlawful activities carried out by certain people holding Indian nationality abroad. According to officials, the NIA is mandated to probe any terror case that takes place in foreign land following amendments to the law governing the anti-terror probe organisation in 2019. Pro-Khalistani protestors tried to vandalise the Indian High Commission in London and pulled down the national flag while holding protests outside the High Commission complex on March 19. It happened a day after the Punjab Police launched a crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Punjab. The Counter-Terrorism and Counte

Warrant against 7 accused in Kolkata clashes, NIA announces award

The NIA has announced an award of Rs 1,00,000 each for anyone who provides information about these seven absconding accused

Nadda speaks to Bengal BJP chief over Ram Navami violence, NIA probe sought

BJP president JP Nadda spoke to his party's West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar on Monday evening over the situation in violence-hit Howrah and Hooghly districts. Speaking to PTI, Majumdar said Nadda called him around 6.20 pm, and enquired about the prevailing situation in the two districts that were rocked by violence during Ram Navami processions. He said he urged Nadda for the deployment of central forces in the trouble-torn areas, alleging that the state police has failed to control the situation. "I also urged him for an NIA probe into the violence in Hooghly's Rishra and Howrah's Shibpur. The truth can come out only after an NIA probe," he claimed. Majumdar, the Lok Sabha MP of Balurghat, was stopped from going to Rishra in the afternoon by the police, which cited prohibitory orders imposed in the area following Sunday's violence for refusing permission to his visit. "The police did not allow me to visit the area but TMC leaders were freely going there," he said. Seramp

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NIA attaches property of Mushtaq Zargar released in Kandahar plane hijack

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached property of terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, who along with two other militants was released in exchange of passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999, officials said here. An NIA spokesperson said that Zargar alias 'Latram' was wanted in several terror related cases, including kidnapping of daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed in 1989. Terming it as a "major offensive" against terrorists operating from the Pakistani soil, the spokesperson said that Zargar's two marlas (544 sq feet) house (Khasra No. 182) at Ganai Mohalla, Jamia Masjid, Nowhatta, Srinagar, has been attached under the provisions of stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). "The procedure was carried out today by a team of the NIA along with the representative of district administration and local police. Zargar is a 'Designated Individual Terrorist' under the UAPA and has been operating from Pakistan ever .

NIA attaches property of IC-814 hijacking accomplice Mushtaq 'Latram'

Zargar was also involved in the kidnapping of former Union Home Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter, Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989.Zargar is a 'Designated Individual Terrorist' under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and has been operating from Pakistan ever since his release and has been funding terror activities in the Valley.Zargar was earlier associated with Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front and was responsible for several terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also been involved in other heinous crimes, including murders, and has close association with other terror outfits such, as Al-Qaeda and JeM.Zargar grew up in Nowhatta area of Srinagar and joined JKLF. In 1989 he was one of the members who kidnapped Rubaiya Sayeed, and negotiated her release in exchange of five terrorists. He was arrested on May 15, 1992 and was released from jail on December 31, 1999, as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage exchange deal.

Death penalty to 7 IS operatives in Kanpur terror conspiracy case

The case against the eight accused was initially registered at Police Station ATS, Lucknow and later, the probe was taken over by the NIA

Eight ISIS operatives convicted by NIA court in terror conspiracy case

A special court in Lucknow convicted eight suspected ISIS operatives in a terror conspiracy case, an official of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday, adding their conviction was a "big shot" in the arm of the agency in its nationwide crackdown on members of the global terror group. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced by the special NIA court on Monday, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. The convicts were also involved in an explosion on board the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train on March 7, 2017, which hed left 10 people injured. The train explosion case is currently under trial, the spokesperson said. The eight convicts were arrested in 2017 in the "Kanpur conspiracy" case pertaining to planning of terror acts. The case was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act. The case was initially registered on March 8 at ATS Police Station in Lucknow and ...

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NIA raids 70 locations linked to Bishnoi, Bawana, other gangsters

The raids were conducted in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh