Anti-terror agency NIA files chargesheet in an cross-border arms smuggling case

12 Nov 2023

In relation to a cross-border arms smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced on Sunday that it had filed a comprehensive charge sheet against Malkit Singh, also known as Pistol, in the NIA Special Court in Mohali, Punjab. The case concerns drone-assisted cross-border smuggling of weapons and ammunition in...

NIA raids ten states in human trafficking cases

08 Nov 2023

On Wednesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched ten states in connection with possible cases of human trafficking. The states that the NIA is searching in these cases include Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir. The raids are underway at the...

Kerala blast: Amit Shah speaks to CM Vijayan and directs NIA, NSG to reach spot and begin an investigation

29 Oct 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday after multiple explosions occurred at a convention center, killing one and injuring several others. The Union Home Minister further directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG) to investigate the event. The...

NIA captured the absconding accused in Sri Lankan human trafficking case

22 Oct 2023

An evading suspect in the Sri Lankan human trafficking case has been captured, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the agency announced on Sunday. The 39-year-old suspect, Mohamed Imran Khan, alias Haja Najerbheeden, was captured by the NIA's Absconder Tracking Team (ATT) from an undisclosed location in Tamil Nadu's...

NIA raids several states in crackdown on banned outfit PFI

11 Oct 2023

The Popular Front of India (PFI), a banned organisation, is being raided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a number of states, including Delhi, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Official sources claim that since early on Wednesday morning, raids have been carried out in a number of Maharashtra locations. An...

NIA conducts raids over 60 locations in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana in the Naxal case

02 Oct 2023

In connection with a Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Naxal case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at more than 60 locations on Monday in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Raids are still being conducted at suspects' homes and hiding places in both states. Following inputs, separate NIA teams began...

NIA raids eight places in five districts of Uttar Pradesh in Naxal case

05 Sep 2023

In connection with its ongoing investigation into a Naxal case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at eight locations across five districts in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The districts of Prayagraj, Varanasi, Chandauli, Azamgarh, and Deoria in Uttar Pradesh are the locations of the raids. As per officials...

NIA arrests two absconding accused in Rajasthan

29 Aug 2023

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has apprehended two fugitives, including the mastermind, in the 2022 case of explosives and IED material seized in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh area. The detainees were members of the ISIS-inspired terrorist organization 'SUFA,' according to an NIA statement. Mohammad Yunus Saki and Iman Khan alias Yusuf, both...

NIA charges 2 terrorists in connection with the Al-Qaeda Assam module

29 Aug 2023

Two active participants in a plot to incite terror and violence in India by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group operating out of Assam have been charged with additional offenses by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The two accused, identified as Mohammed Akbar Ali alias Akbar Ali and Abul Kalam Azad, had...

Bihar: Nepalese national sentenced to 7 yrs RI by NIA special court in fake currency case

29 Aug 2023

Officials announced on Tuesday that a special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Patna had sentenced two important defendants in the Bihar "fake Indian currency notes" case to seven years of lenient imprisonment (RI) and fines in separate cases. Abi Mohammad Ansari, hailing from Nepal's Bara district, has...