In the interest of public safety, the Punjab government has extended the suspension of SMS and mobile internet services, except voice call, till Monday noon.
The ISKP is an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Raids were conducted on Saturday at four locations in Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) and one location in Pune (Maharashtra).
They were booked under various sections of the IPC, UA(P), Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act.
The NIA probe is underway in Jaipur, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur and Kota. The agency conducted three raids in Kota, while other places raided include Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Bundi and Bhilwara.
Chanti was involved in the 2012 ambush on BSF personnel which resulted in the death of four jawans and was carrying a bounty of Rs 3 lakh.
As per the sources, the investigation of the blasts on Saturday in which at least 9 people were injured is likely to be handed over to the NIA.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Ummer Farooq (39), Mohammed Thoufiq (24), and Feroze Khan (28).
Reacting to the development, ADGP (Law and Order) Alok Kumar stated that a special probe is being initiated into it. "However, the facts regarding the case will have to be verified," he said.
Additional Solicitor General, S.V Raju alleged that they are not innocent people and involved in actual warfare, and "they want to destroy the country".
The NIA has found a link of the Punjabi pop industry in the case, and questioned Khan.
The NIA has said that the gangs based in India and abroad had hatched a conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts in Delhi and other parts of the country.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had seized the heroin, concealed in a consignment of semi-processed talc stone, between September 17 and September 19, 2021 at Container Freight Station of Mundra Port.
Three accused, including one Myanmarese national, were arrested and charge-sheeted in the case by the federal agency on April 19.
The NIA had been mulling action against big gangsters like Bishnoi, Kapil Sangwan and Neeraj Bawana and their aides.
In a bolt from the blue, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently announced a bounty for the absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar - declared a 'Global Terrorist' - and his close confidant Chhota Shakeel and three other infamous gangsters, with a total take-away of Rs 90-lakh.
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