New Delhi/Imphal, March 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against three cadres of the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA) terrorist outfit in connection with last year’s ambush on an Assam Rifles vehicle in Manipur, in which two paramilitary personnel were killed, the probe agency said. The charge sheet, filed before the NIA Special Court in Imphal, names the three accused under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the A…
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Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a man wanted in Punjab for his alleged involvement in a high-profile heroin and arms smuggling case, officials said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Rehmat Ali Sheikh, was apprehended from an embroidery factory in the Rakhial area of Ahmedabad.Police sources said that a case had been registered against Sheikh at Raja Sansi police station in Amritsar, in connection with the smuggling of heroin, hand grenades, and p…
Bijapur, Feb 26 (IANS) Two Maoists were killed, and a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered following an encounter with security personnel in the Indravati river area of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Thursday. According to officials, the operation was launched after specific intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the Indravati River region of Bijapur. Acting on the information, a joint team of security forces initiated an anti-Maoist search operation in t…
Raipur, Feb 25 (IANS) In a major success for the “anti-Naxal” campaign in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, two Maoists have been sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment each along with a fine of Rs 5,000. The accused, Hunga alias Guttum Sodi and Joga Kudami, both residents of Pordem village under Gadiras police station in neighbouring Sukma district, were arrested on May 20, 2024.On that day, a police team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Udaybhan Rathiya was returning from security duty p…
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a proclaimed offender who had been absconding since 2021 in connection with a post-poll violence case following the West Bengal Assembly elections that year.The arrested accused has been identified as Nazir Hossen. According to a statement issued by the CBI on Thursday afternoon, he was apprehended from the residence of his father-in-law in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The CBI began investigating p…
Shillong, Feb 6 (IANS) The death toll in the coal mine explosion at Mynsyngat in the Thangsko area of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district rose to 25 on Friday as search and rescue operations continued, officials said.Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills district, Vikash Kumar said, “During the ongoing operation, rescue teams recovered four more bodies from inside the mine. In a further setback, one injured person who was undergoing treatment at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regio…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday chargesheeted three more accused in the 2023 Bengaluru prison radicalisation case linked to the proscribed terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In its second supplementary charge sheet, the agency named Anees Fathima, Chan Pasha A, and Dr Nagaraj S. under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA(P) Act), the Explosive Substances Act, the Prevention of Corruption…
Raipur/Jagdalpur, Dec 30 (IANS) In a significant blow to the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge-sheet against five accused individuals, including four absconders, for their alleged role in procuring and supplying explosives intended for attacks on security forces. The charge sheet was submitted on Tuesday before the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur. The accused—arrested individual Manish Sodhi alias Hurra, and fugi…