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  • NIA arrests two in West Bengal detonator seizure case

    NIA arrests two in West Bengal detonator seizure case

    New Delhi (IANS) | The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made two new arrests in the West Bengal detonator seizure case. An official has given this information on Saturday.

    The accused arrested on Friday have been identified as Merajuddin Ali Khan, a resident of Bokaro, and Mir Mohammad Nuruzzaman, a resident of Birbhum.

    In June 2022, a Tata Sumo car carrying around 81,000 electric detonators was intercepted by STF Kolkata. The stock of detonators was seized and the driver Ashish Keora was arrested.

    Keora led the police to a cache of illegally stored explosives including 27,000 kg of ammonium nitrate, 1625 kg of gelatin sticks and 2325 more electric detonators.

    Initially, the case was registered at PS MD Bazar and later it was taken over by the NIA in September 2022. After probing the case, the NIA made its first arrest in January 2023. They arrested one Rintu SK.

    Now two more accused have been arrested from Raniganj and Kolkata.

    “While Mir Mohammad Nuruzzaman supplied 27,000 kg of ammonium nitrate to Rintu SK, Merajuddin Ali Khan supplied electric detonators and gelatin sticks to Rintu SK,” the official said.

    Further investigation is on in the matter.

  • NIA seizes cash, car as ‘terror proceeds’

    NIA seizes cash, car as ‘terror proceeds’

    New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has seized more than Rs 7.80 lakh in cash and a vehicle as “proceeds of terrorism” in a case related to the recovery of arms and explosives, smuggled from Pakistan by the proscribed Babbar Khalsa International, in Haryana last year, an official said on Friday. The cash and the Innova vehicle were seized under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. On May 5 last year, police had intercepted the vehicle at Bastara Toll Plaza in Haryana and recovered three improvised explosive devices (IEDs), one pistol with two magazines, 31 rounds of ammunition, and Rs 1.30 lakh in cash which had been concealed in a specially designed cavity.

    Four terror operatives — Gurpreet Singh alias “Gopi”, Amandeep Singh alias “Deepa”, Parminder Singh alias “Pinder” and Bhupinder Singh — who were on their way to Adilabad in Telangana were arrested, the agency said. The spokesperson said the NIA investigations have revealed that multiple consignments of arms, explosives and drugs had been sent from Pakistan by designated terrorist Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda through drones to pre-decided locations near the India-Pakistan border.

    “Gopi, Deepa, Akash, Sukhbeer Singh alias ‘Jashan’ and Jarmalpreet Singh received the weapon and drug consignments. Gopi and others were tasked to collect the contraband and deliver part-consignments to…different places in the country to carry out attacks in the name of banned BKI (Babbar Khalsa International),” the NIA said. It said the Innova car was used by the accused persons for transporting such consignments.

    “Gopi had also amassed a large amount of cash through smuggling these contraband items. Investigations have exposed his modus operandi of depositing this money in bank accounts of others,” the spokesperson said. The official said an NIA team seized Rs 5.5 lakh from one such account and recovered Rs 1 lakh that Gopi had stashed away, raising the total recovery to Rs 7,80,000 in this case, besides the seized Innova vehicle. The NIA took over the investigation of the case on May 24 last year and filed the first charge sheet against six accused, including Rinda, in October. A supplementary charge sheet was filed against three more accused in March this year.

  • NIA files charge sheet against 3 LeT operatives in Hyderabad terror conspiracy case

    NIA files charge sheet against 3 LeT operatives in Hyderabad terror conspiracy case

    Hyderabad (IANS)| The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against three members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Hyderabad terror conspiracy case. The NIA has filed a charge sheet against Mohd Abdul Wajid alias Zahid, Samiuddin alias Sami and Maaz Hasan Farooq alias Maaz in a Hyderabad court. He has been accused of his role in the terror conspiracy to raise funds, stockpile explosives and recruit for LeT.

    The NIA has registered a case against the accused under relevant sections. According to media reports, the NIA took over the investigation of the case from the Hyderabad Police in January 2023.

    According to the agency, investigations have revealed that Zahid, Sami and Maaj were in touch with Farhatullah Ghori, an “individual terrorist” listed by the Centre. Also, he was associated with Siddique Bin Usman alias Abu Hanzala, Abdul Majeed alias Chhotu and other LeT leaders and operatives. Their aim was to carry out bomb blasts at crowded places in Hyderabad.

    NIA said that Ghori, Abu Hanzala, Abdul Majeed are in Pakistan. Ghori recruited Zahid from cyberspace and sent money to him through hawala channels. Zahid was assigned the task of recruiting more people into Lashkar (LeT) and carrying out terrorist activities. Sami, Maaz and Mohammad Kaleem were instigated by Zahid to work for Lashkar.

    According to the central agency, on September 28, 2022, four hand grenades were dropped at a deserted place near Manoharabad village on the Hyderabad-Nagpur Highway. Zahid collected the consignment of grenades through Sami and then gave one grenade each to Sami and Maaj with instructions to throw it at public gatherings during Dussehra festival. However, he was arrested before the planned attacks could take place.

    During searches of their houses, hand grenades were recovered from their possession. Rs 20 lakh was also seized from Zahid.

    –IANS