Jammu Apr 26 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA Tuesday took over the case of last weeks terror strike near an army camp here officials saidThe case relates to the terror attack on a CISF bus and subsequent encounter in Sunjwan area on the outskirts of the city on FridayWhile two Pashto-speaking terrorists who had infiltrated from across the border and travelled in a mini-truck from Sapwal in Samba to Jammu were eliminated in the encounter an ASI of CISF lost his life in the terror attackNine other personnel including two policemen were also injuredThree persons including the driver of the mini-truck and his helper have been arrested in connection with the case so far PTI TAS SKL TIR TIR

New Delhi Apr 22 PTI The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a charge sheet against two persons in connection with their alleged involvement in conspiracy and espionage activities with an intention to wage war against India an agency spokesperson said The charge sheet was filed before a competent court in Hyderabad against Altaf Hussen Ganchibhai alias Shakil who hails from Gujarat and Waseem a Pakistani national under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code IT Act and the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act The case pertaining to a criminal conspiracy to carry out anti-national activities by Pakistani agents was originally registered with the Andhra Pradesh police and re-registered by the NIA on December 23 last year the spokesperson said in a statementThe agents in a bid to obtain crucial and sensitive information pertaining to Defence establishments from Indian Armed Forces personnel used to engage civilians using social media platforms like Facebook WhatsApp Instagram the spokesperson saidThe NIA alleged that the probe showed that Ganchibhai on directions of his Pakistan-based handlers had clandestinely activated WhatsApp accounts by passing on OTPs received on Indian SIM numbers to his handlers in Pakistan for collectiontransmission of sensitive information pertaining to Indian Defence forces and establishments he said These SIM cards were subscribed in the name of Indian fishermen of Gujarat who were arrested by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency in 2020 when the fishermen were fishing in the high seasInvestigation established that these SIM cards were illegally routed back to India to Ganchibhai who activated seven such SIM cards on directions of his handlers in Pakistan the NIA official saidHe was arrested in this case on October 25 last yearWaseem had routed money clandestinely through online Cryptocurrency exchange platforms to Indian agents for eliciting sensitive and classified information pertaining to vital Indians Defence establishments the officials said He said Waseem currently absconding PTI SKL TIR TIR

Jammu Mar 26 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a court here against a Pakistani terrorist affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba LET who was arrested during an infiltration attempt in Uri sector in September last year an official said The charge sheet was filed against Imdadullah hailing from Pakistans Punjab province under various sections of the IPC Unlawful Activities Prevention Act Explosives Act and the Foreigners Act a spokesperson of the NIA said Imdadullah who had several code names such as Ali Babar Dujana and 313 was arrested while his associate Atiq-ur-Rehman alias Qari Anas and Abu Anas was killed by the Army when they made a failed infiltration attempt from across the border in Uri sector of north Kashmirs Baramulla district on September 27 last year The spokesperson said the case was initially registered at police station Uri on September 27 and later re-registered by the NIA on October 30 2021 A huge cache of arms ammunition explosives and other incriminating material were recovered from the possession of the slain and arrested Pakistani terrorists the NIA said adding further investigation in the case was underway PTI TAS SKL SMN

Kolkata Jan 25 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA has taken over the investigation into a bomb blast in which two persons including a Trinamool Congress worker were killed at Bhanganmari village in Purba Medinipur district earlier this month an official of the agency said on Tuesday Our sleuths will be investigating the blasts We have taken over the investigation from the state police the NIA official said when contacted On January 5 two persons were killed and three others were injured in the village within Khejuri police station limits after the bombs they were allegedly manufacturing went off The two men had died on the spot The ruling TMC had alleged that goons of BJP were behind the blast This was rubbished by the saffron party There were reports of clashes between the TMC and BJP supporters in Khejuri after the incident PTI SCH KK KK

Chandigarh Jan 21 PTI The National Investigation Agency on Friday conducted searches at five locations in Taran Tarn Fazilka and Ferozepur districts of Punjab in connection with a blast in Jalalabad last September an official saidThe case relates to the explosion in a Bajaj Platina motorbike near a Punjab National Bank branch in Jalalabad in which a person Binder Singh died on spot an official of the premier investigation agency saidInitial investigation revealed that the accused were in touch with Pakistan-based terroristssmugglers and were recruited for carrying out terrorist attacks in crowded areas by triggering explosive devices the NIA official saidThe case was first registered in September last year under sections of the Explosive Act The NIA re-registered the case in October last year and has so far arrested five accusedDuring the searches electronic gadgets ammunition documents and other incriminating materials were seized the NIA official said adding that further investigation in the case continues PTI CPS SKL TIR TIR

Kolkata Jan 19 PTI The National Investigation Agency has arrested a businessman from here for allegedly providing funds to Maoists an official said on Wednesday A team of NIA personnel from its Ranchi unit along with help of the Kolkata police raided his residence in Salt Lakes DA Block on Tuesday and apprehended him he said The man has businesses in Jharkhands Jamshedpur and has been helping Maoist groups with money We will take him to Ranchi for questioning the NIA officer told PTI The accused will be produced before a Kolkata-based NIA court during the day for transit remand he added PTI SCH BDC BDC

Srinagar Dec 31 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA has arrested one Arsalan Feroz an operative of The Resistance Front TRF terror group for allegedly being involved in radicalising and recruiting youngsters to join terror ranks officials said on FridayA spokesperson of the agency said searches were conducted in Kashmir on Thursday during which Feroz a resident of downtown Srinagar was arrestedThe case relates to a conspiracy hatched for radicalising motivating and recruiting youngsters of Jammu and Kashmir to effect violent activities in the Union Territory and in other parts of the country by Sajjad Gul Salim Rehmani alias Abu Saad and Saifullah Sajid Jutt who are commanders of the TRF a shadow organisation of the banned Lashker-e-Toiba terror outfitAccording to the officials Feroz in a criminal conspiracy with these people was recruiting individuals to carry out reconnaissance of pre-determined targets coordinating and transporting weapons to support Lashkar and its frontal affiliate TRFThe agency has so far arrested four accused in the case PTI SKL RC

Coimbatore Nov 27 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA on Saturday carried out a search in a mobile phone shop here as part of its probe into a case related to a training camp conducted by the CPI Maoists in Nilambur forest area in Kerala five years ago police said A team from Kochi searched the shop near Vellalore and questioned the owner in connection with SIM cards which had been used by some people reportedly involved in the camp cases they said NIA had carried out searches at the residences of one Danish and Dinesh in the city and Santhosh Kumar at Angalakurichi in the rural limits a few months ago Both are among the 19 accused against whom NIA had registered the case in connection with the seven day camp held from August 23 in 2016 at Nilambur police said PTI NVM APR APR

Mumbai Oct 26 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA has opposed dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Wazes plea seeking temporary transfer from the Taloja prison to house arrest in the Bombay High Court saying Waze being a highly influential person may abscond and tamper with prosecution witnesses if let out of the prison In an affidavit filed before the high court on Tuesday the NIA said Waze was accused of serious offences including being part of the conspiracy to kill businessman Mansukh Hiran and planting an explosives-laden vehicle near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani in south Mumbai If any House Arrest custody is granted to the petitioner accused there is every likelihood that said petitioner accused will abscond from the jurisdiction of this Honble court and will tamper with the prosecution witnesses including the protected witnesses who allegedly were his associates the affidavit reads And it is not difficult for the petitioner accused to figure out who they are even though the fact is that their identity and addresses are protected since the petitioner accused is a highly influential person in the area of Mumbai it reads The affidavit was submitted in response to a plea filed by Waze earlier this month seeking that he be shifted from judicial custody to house arrest for his post-operative care following bypass surgery Waze had requested the court that he be permitted to remain under house arrest till he recovered fully The NIA however said in the affidavit that Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai had required facilities for Wazes post-operative care and that if required he could be taken to the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai Waze had sought parity with Elgar Parishad accused Varavara Rao who had been granted interim medical bail in February this year owing to his advanced age and worsening health The NIA said in its affidavit that Wazes case was different from that of Rao and while the latter had been granted medical bail Waze was asking for continuing judicial custody in the form of house arrest A bench of justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal on Tuesday directed Wazes counsel advocate Raunak Naik to place on record Wazes post-surgery medical papers The high court also directed the state prison authorities to submit Wazes latest medical reports It will hear the plea further next month PTI AYA NSK NSK

New Delhi Sep 17 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA said on Friday that it has so far arrested 168 people in 37 cases of terror attacks conspiracy and funding which have been inspired by the Islamic State IS ideology in the country It said charge sheets have been filed in 31 of the cases the most recent of which was registered in June and that 27 accused have been convicted after trial Investigation by the NIA has revealed that IS Islamic State is trying to spread its tentacles in India through continuous propaganda online Gullible youths are targeted on open social media platforms such as Facebook Twitter and Instagram a spokesperson of the agency said The NIA said once a person shows interest he or she is then enticed to communicate with online handlers based abroad using encrypted social media platforms Depending on the gullibility of the person the handlers then use the person for uploading online content translation of IS texts to local language conspiracy preparation of a module collection of arms and ammunition preparation of improvised explosive devices IEDs terror funding and even attacks the spokesperson said The NIA appealed to the public to bring into its notice any such activity on the internet PTI SKL SMN