NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted simultaneous raids across 12 locations in West Bengal on Tuesday, including one in Kolkata, targeting individuals suspected of having links to Maoist groups. The raids were carried out across various locations including Netaji Nagar, Panihati, Barrackpore, Sodepur, and Asansol, in connection with the alleged involvement of two…
NEW DELHI: Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, was attacked on Sunday when a man stomped on the bonnet of his vehicle’s cabinet and shattered the front windshield. The incident occurred in the Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, on the final day of electioneering. Rashid, who was inside the…
JAMMU: Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday raided seven places in Reasi and Rajouri districts of J&K as part of its probe into the deadly terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims returning from Shiv Khori temple to Katra on June 9.Officials said local police and CRPF assisted the NIA teams during the…
NEW DELHI: The National Investing Agency on Friday swooped up several locations in Punjab in a terror-conspiracy case linked to Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his banned outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).The central probing agency conducted searches at one location in Moga, two locations in Bathinda and one location in Mohali, at premises connected…
JAMMU: Bilal Ahmed Kuchay — a 27-year-old undertrial prisoner involved in the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed on Feb 14, 2019 — was shifted from Kishtwar District Jail to Jammu GMCH’s ICU early Tuesday after he developed health complications. The 27-year-old suffers from Guillain-Barré syndrome, a condition wherein the body’s…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against Vinod Mishra, a key Naxal leader, for his involvement in a conspiracy to revive the banned CPI (Maoist) in the Magadh region of Bihar. The chargesheet, submitted to a special NIA court on Friday, identifies Mishra as a close associate of Pramod…
BENGALURU: NIA arrested a key member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), Aziz Ahmed alias Jaleel Aziz Ahmed of Tamil Nadu, at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport Friday night, shortly before he was to board a flight. Ahmed was involved in attempts to radicalise youth to establish an Islamic caliphate in India. Officials said he was going abroad to…
NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: A Delhi court has sought NIA‘s response on jailed Baramulla MP and Awami Ittehad Party president Abdul Rashid Sheikh’s plea seeking regular bail ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, starting Sept 18.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh of Patiala House courts issued notice to NIA on Tuesday, directing…
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Tarsem Singh, an accused in the case relating to the terror attack on the intelligence headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali, upon his extradition from the United Arab Emirates.Tarsem, who hails from Punjab’s Tarn Taran, is a key aide of foreign-based…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday successfully arrested a most wanted Pro-Khalistan Element (PKE), Tarsem Singh, after extradition from Abu Dhabi to India.Singh, was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and had connections to the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). He is the brother of Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, also known as Landa, who…
