Tag: National Investigation Agency

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All 5 accused in Makkah Masjid blast acquitted

Hyderabad: Eleven years after a powerful explosion killed nine people and injured over 50 during Friday prayers near the iconic Charminar here, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here on Monday acquitted all five accused in the Makkah Masjid case. A lawyer for one of the accused told reporters outside the Nampally criminal court complex […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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NIA arrests arms supplier in Ludhiana RSS leader's killing

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it has arrested an arms supplier involved in the murder of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana in Punjab. An NIA official told IANS: “The agency has arrested Malook who is accused of providing weapons to the assailants who killed Gosain.” The arrest was made […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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NIA to probe killing of RSS leader in Ludhiana

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana in Punjab, an official said on Friday. The agency took over the case from Punjab Police following a Home Ministry order on Thursday, nearly a month after the state government […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Maoist commander says Rs 5 cr was given to kill Jharkhand ex-Minister

Ranchi: Jailed Maoist commander Kundan Pahan in his interrogation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that he was given Rs 5 crore to kill former Jharkhand Minister Ramesh Singh Munda in 2008. According to sources in the police, Pahan admitted to taking a contract of Rs 5 crore to kill the then Janata […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
NIA arrests one in Kerala terror camp case

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has arrested one accused for organising a terror camp in Kerala’s Kannur district in 2013. The person arrested was identified as Azharudeen aka Azhar, 24, a resident of Narath in Kerala. An NIA official told IANS that Azhar was arrested on Monday night. He […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Odisha man arrested by NIA over Lashkar-e-Taiba links

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday arrested Habibur Rahman, a resident of Kendrapara in Odisha on charges of being a terrorist handler of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). As per a press release of NIA, Rahman who is currently based in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia was arrested from IGI Airport in New Delhi […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Every Computer Is Now Under Government Watch; MHA Issues Notice

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has released an order authorising security and intelligence agencies for purposes of interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource under the Information Technology Act. “Not just calls or emails, but any data found on a computer can be intercepted. […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
Online Terrorist Recruitment Case: NIA Files Charge Sheet Against West Bengal Student, Pakistan Woman
Online Terrorist Recruitment Case: NIA Files Charge Sheet Against West Bengal Student, Pakistan Woman

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that it has filed a supplementary charge sheet against three people, including West Bengal college student Tania Praveen and a…

  • Wednesday, 05 May 2021
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MHA to hand over Pulwama terror attack case to NIA

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to hand over the probe of the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Monday. “The MHA is likekly to issue a notification shortly,” an MHA source told IANS. The Jammu […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Aseemanand among 4 acquitted in Samjhauta blast

Panchkula (Haryana): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here on Wednesday acquitted all four accused, including Hindu leader Swami Aseemanand, in the February 2007 Samjhauta Express train blast which killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis. The NIA court had in January 2014 framed charges against Aseemanand and three others — Kamal Chauhan, Rajinder Chaudhary and Lokesh […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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ISIS module case: NIA conducts searches in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at two locations here Saturday in connection with an Islamic state module case, police said. The raids which began in the morning were still underway, they said. In August 2018, the NIA had arrested two alleged ISIS sympathisers –Mohammed Abdullah Basith and Mohd Abdul Qhadeer — from […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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NIA arrests Islamic State sympathizer from Delhi

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Islamic State sympathizer Mohammad Faiz for allegedly conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR) and Uttar Pradesh, the agency said. Faiz, a resident of Delhi’s Garhi Mendu, was found to be a main member of the pro-Islamic State module Harkat-Ul-Harb-E-Islam, who was […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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NIA arrests follower of Lanka bombing mastermind

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested an Islamic State sympathizer and follower of alleged Sri Lanka bombings mastermind Zahran Hasim, the agency said. Riyas Aboobacker was arrested from Kerala after he disclosed NIA investigators that he has been following speeches and videos of Hashim, a radical Tamil-speaking cleric who is believed […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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NIA raids 10 places in TN in Islamic State module case

Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches at 10 places in Tamil Nadu in connection with the investigation into an Islamic State module case, where few people conspired to raise funds and wage armed struggle against the state. According to a senior NIA official, searches were carried out in Muthupet, Keelakarai, Devipattinam, […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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NIA recoveres 2 IEDs from Bengaluru

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday said that it has recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a drain in Bengaluru on the disclosure of a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative, who was arrested on Tuesday. The NIA has arrested Habibur Rehman Sheikh, wanted in the 2014 Burdwan blast case, from the Dodabalpur area […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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