Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) All 13 accused arrested in the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad’s (ATS) investigation into an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror module are now lodged at Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad after a court ordered the latest batch of accused to be sent to judicial custody. Ten accused were produced before the Kadi court on Friday after the expiry of their police remand under tight security.Following the hearing, the court directed that all 10 be sent to the Central Jail.Th…
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Ahmedabad, July 17 (IANS) A suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)-linked module carried out around eight explosive trials at different locations in Gujarat over nearly three years while attempting to perfect improvised explosive device (IED) techniques, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) said on Friday, announcing the arrest of five more suspects in the case and taking the total number of arrests to 13.The latest arrests came after what the ATS described as intensive interrogation of the eight ac…
Ahmedabad, July 17 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Friday announced the arrest of five more accused in its investigation into an alleged module linked to the banned Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), taking the probe beyond the eight arrests made earlier this month.The ATS said the latest arrests were made after disclosures and evidence gathered during the police remand of the previously arrested accused.According to the agency, the five newly arrested…
Banaskantha, July 11 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Palanpur has sentenced a man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) case involving the seizure of 16.575 kg of charas valued at more than Rs one crore, nearly six years after the narcotics were recovered. The judgment, pronounced on July 9, convicted Samir Ahmed Sheikh Nagori under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act based on evidence presented by the prosecution. Along w…
Ahmedabad, July 3 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested eight people for their alleged association with the banned terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and for working to establish an active network in the state to further the outfit’s activities.According to the ATS, the arrests were made in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh following an investigation that led to the registration of a case at the ATS Police Station on Thursday (July 2) under Sections 13, 17, 18, 38 and 39 o…
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Friday seized 2.08 lakh Tramadol tablets with an estimated international market value of Rs 8.32 crore and arrested an alleged interstate drug trafficker from Rajasthan, saying the accused had supplied more than 62.54 lakh tablets across multiple states in just over a month. According to officials, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) S.L. Chaudhary received intelligence that Paresh Jain, who was residing in Pardi in Valsad di…
Ahmedabad, June 2 (IANS) Investigators probing one of India’s largest recent maritime cocaine seizures have uncovered concealed electronic tracking devices embedded within the narcotics consignment, a development that Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials say points to the involvement of a sophisticated international drug trafficking network. The latest breakthrough came during the sampling and seizure process of the cocaine under Section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Subst…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against three men accused of plotting a bioterror attack linked to the banned terror organisation ISIS. The conspiracy, according to investigators, aimed at mass poisoning of people in public spaces using ricin, a deadly biological toxin derived from castor seeds and listed under Schedule I of the Chemical Weapons Convention.The main accused, Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin from Hyderabad, along with co-accused …
Bhuj, April 24 (IANS) A special court in Gujarat’s Kutch district has sentenced six Pakistani nationals to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting to smuggle heroin worth over Rs 380 crore into India through its territorial waters. The Sixth Additional Sessions and Special NDPS Court in Bhuj, presided over by Judge V.A. Badhu, held the accused guilty under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The court observed that the operation was part of a …
Ahmedabad/Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two individuals in connection with an alleged online radicalisation and conspiracy case, in which discussions included references to “Ghazwa-e-Hind” and potential targeting of multiple groups, including RSS-linked individuals, officials said on Tuesday. The ATS said it has been continuously monitoring anti-national activity on social media and the internet through a combination of human intelligence and tec…