Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a businessman, Ghulam Raza, from his residence at the industrial-cum-steel township of Durgapur in West Burdwan district of West Bengal after conducting a raid and search operation.The main charge against Raza is his involvement in human trafficking, especially of women.Raza, an original resident of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, shifted to Durgapur along with his wife and two sons three years ago and settled there. He pur…
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Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting a raid and search operation on Monday at the residence of a Bihar-based businessman at the industrial-cum-steel township of Durgapur in West Burdwan district of West Bengal.The person at whose residence the operation is being conducted has been identified as Ghulam Raza. A six-member NIA team is reported to be conducting the operation at Raza’s residence.One of the members of the NIA team is a woman. A huge police c…
Jammu, July 25 (IANS) The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has rejected the interim bail application of dismissed deputy superintendent of police (Dy.SP) Devender Singh, but granted him five‑day parole to attend his father’s post‑death rituals. The court dismissed Singh’s plea for interim bail but allowed custody parole on humanitarian grounds, permitting him to attend the ‘Akhand Paath’ and other post‑cremation rituals at his family residence in Srinagar between J…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday recovered a large cache of explosives, including 20 bags of ammonium nitrate and multiple detonators, during a raid in the Nalhati area of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, and arrested one suspect in connection with the case, officials said.The recovery of this large quantity of explosives has created a stir in the entire area.Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the alleged stockpiling of explosives, an NIA tea…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The CBI, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the NIA, secured the deportation of two Red Notice criminals from Gulf nations in connection with their involvement in cases of murder and financial fraud, an official statement said on Friday.Muhammedali Kanneer Palliyalil was deported from Saudi Arabia on Thursday, said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was wanted by the National Investigation Agenc…
Visakhapatnam, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court here has convicted and sentenced three accused to five years in a terror conspiracy related to radicalisation, recruitment and support for the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation. The accused, Dongari Devendra, Dubashi Swapna and Chukka Shilpa, were members of Chaitanya Mahila Sangam (CMS), an outfit working for CPI (Maoist), the NIA said in a release.The court has sentenced each of the accused, who were a…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested two persons following the seizure of detonators and other incriminating materials during searches in Koderma district of Jharkhand. The searches, conducted at four locations in connection with a 2024 motorcycle blast that took place in the Saltora area, led the NIA teams to the arrest of accused Mahesh Mehta and Shankar Yadav, said an official statement.The duo was found actively involved in a criminal conspir…
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against the prime accused in a Gujarat-based online terror radicalisation case, alleging that he conspired to promote violent jihad, planned targeted killings and worked towards the secession of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from India, probe agency officials said on Thursday. The chargesheet was filed before the NIA Special Court in Ahmedabad against the accused, identified as Faijan, under releva…
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted searches at eight locations in Bengaluru in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged ISIS recruitment and terror funding module, the agency said on Thursday. The searches were carried out on 21 July under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. During the operation, the ED seized incriminating electronic records and digital devices and froze proceeds of crime worth Rs 7.50 lakh u…
Auckland/New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent two-day visit to Auckland has transformed India–New Zealand ties, shifting them from a largely friendly bilateral engagement to an institutionalised Strategic Partnership, a report has detailed. PM Modi’s visit to New Zealand elevated bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership, laying the groundwork for enhanced economic cooperation, stronger security collaboration and a shared vision for a free, open and prosperous Indo-P…