Tag: Nia

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 […]

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday took custody of two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives, imprisoned in Jammu under the Public Safety Act (PSA), to interrogate in connection with various terror acts, including the February 14 Pulwama attack, NIA officials said here. “They have been brought here in a general case that was registered […]

Koraput: In a major breakthrough, police arrested hardcore Maoist Jayram Khila from Talakandapali village under Padua Police limits of Koraput district today. Khila was the member of Nandapur area committee of the outlawed group. Speaking about the arrest, Koraput Superintendent of Police (SP) Kanwar Vishal Singh informed that Khila was involved in several criminal cases […]

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 […]

Jammu: Six persons, including a Ph.D. student, have been arrested in connection with the failed attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Banihal area of Jammu-Srinagar highway on March 30, police said on Tuesday. A private car had exploded in the Banihal area of Ramban district on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on March […]

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, […]

New Delhi: After a brief interval, high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) are again being printed across India’s eastern borders and are being pumped into the country at an alarming rate. An ongoing investigation of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that nexus between Pakistan’s ISI and the D-Company has resumed to supply fake […]

Coimbatore: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) Wednesday carried out searches at various places here following reports that some people are in touch with those involved in the Easter day church blasts in Sri Lanka. Raids were conducted by a team of NIA sleuths at seven places in the city on the basis of inputs that […]

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 […]

New Delhi: A Delhi Court will examine on July 29 the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Islamic State (ISIS) Amroha-Delhi module case. ISIS is a Jihadist terror group based in Iraq and Syria. Special NIA Judge Rakesh Syal will examine the charge sheet, which names 10 accused, […]

New Delhi: After busting terror gang Ansarulla in Tamil Nadu, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two people for their alleged links to the group that seeks to establish Islamic rule in India. Hassan Ali, 28, and Harish Mohamed 32, were arrested after the NIA raided their residences in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam on Saturday, […]

Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday searched several premises in Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram and Chennai following arrest of 16 terror suspects, including 14 deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The search operations were carried out after a Special NIA court granted those 16 suspects’ custody to the NIA for eight days. […]

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried pre-dawn raids at four places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla town on Sunday. Police sources said NIA sleuths assisted by the state police and the CRPF carried out raids at the residences of four traders engaged in cross LoC trade. “Last week, the NIA sleuths had carried out […]

Srinagar: Another youth allegedly involved in the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, that left 40 CRPF troopers dead, was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), an agency statement said on Monday. An NIA statement said that it has taken into custody 25-year-old Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat, of Monghama village in Tral area of […]

New Delhi: Former Independent MLA in Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Rashid Engineer, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday in connection with a case related to the funding of terror activities in Kashmir, officials said. Rashid, who was a legislator from the Langate Assembly seat in north Kashmir, […]