New Delhi: A day after 49 CRPF troopers were killed in a terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday collected materials required for forensic evaluation from the blast site, officials said. An NIA official said: “Considering the status of the scene of crime,[Read More…]
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NIA arrests JeM operative involved in Nagrota Army camp attack
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative involved in the Nagrota Army camp terror attack case from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), officials said. A senior NIA official said the arrested JeM operative has been identified as Mohammad Ashraf Khandey, a resident of[Read More…]
Kerala: NIA ends probe; says, “There’s only love, no jihad”
National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into interfaith marriages in Kerala came to an end with the conclusion that there was no evidence of coercion in any of the cases of ‘love jihad’ that were examined. The NIA had chosen to investigate 11 cases of interfaith marriages out of the 89[Read More…]
Seven, including Geelani’s son-in-law arrested for terror funding in Valley
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven people on Monday, for allegedly funding terror groups in Kashmir. Son-in-law of separatist leader SAS Geelani, is also among the seven arrested. Among the arrested are Altaf Shah, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Mehraj Kalwal, Shahid-ul-Islam, Naeem Khan and Bitta Karate. Shah is the[Read More…]
Samjhauta blast case: NIA court summons 13 Pakistani witnesses
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court summoned 13 Pakistani nationals on Friday in Samjhauta blasts case. These people include those who were either traveling on the train on that day or are related to the people who died in the blasts. The blasts on Samjhauta Express train had happened[Read More…]
NIA links Hyderabad IS module explosives with Paris attacks
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that they have recovered a chemical called triacetone triperoxide (TATP) from the house of an Islamic State (IS) suspect, who was detained on Wednesday. An official said the TATP was the most preferred explosive of the IS and the chemical was also used[Read More…]