Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Shakir Ali, a Trinamool Congress councillor and husband of former party MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with a violence case linked to a Ram Navami procession in 2023, officials said.According to the central investigation agency, a case was registered regarding a disturbance during the Ram Navami procession in Rishra of Hooghly district in 2023. The case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.Acting on this, th…
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New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry, last year, flagged gangster-terror nexus and directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to carry out a thorough probe into the matter. Though NIA managed to net major players in this network, the Indian Intelligence agencies have now flagged the rise of copycat actors. The gangster network which made Canada its base has been directing operations in India, especially in Punjab. The Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gangs are under the radar o…
Bengaluru, June 24 (IANS) In a joint operation, police in Karnataka’s Davangere District and intelligence officials have arrested a man linked to Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in terror-related activities.The accused has been identified as Suhail, a native of Uttar Pradesh. Police said he had recently arrived in Harihar taluk in Davangere district for painting work and was residing in a village under the jurisdiction of the Harihar Rural Police Station.According to officials, preliminary …
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In a coordinated operation with Manipur Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested 10 accused in various cases of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state.Joint multi-location search operations in the districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Chandel, Pherzawl in Manipur led to the arrest of the accused, allegedly involved in the violent unrest in Manipur, the NIA said i…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Kailash Mishra, a former Trinamool Congress candidate for the Bally Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Howrah, has been arrested by the West Bengal Police in Madhubani in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. Mishra, a close associate of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, had contested the elections from the Bally seat. According to the officials, several criminal cases were registered against him at various police stations in West Bengal during the 2021 Assembly elections. Ac…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator, Saokat Molla, was remanded to 14 days of NIA custody on Saturday by a special court here, in connection with a bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal before the recently concluded Assembly polls. He will be presented at the NIA court again on June 19.After his arrest on Friday night, the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered a mobile phone and a pen drive from Saokat’s possession. Th…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla in connection with the bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. While attempting to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh through the coastal borders in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, Saokat was spotted and chased by local villagers at the border-adjacent Chunakhali area. He managed to escape at that point.Earlier in the day, some close ass…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) In a setback to former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E. Abubacker and other office-bearers of the banned outfit, a Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against them in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) case alleging a conspiracy to overthrow the secular democratic Government of India and establish an Islamic Caliphate by 2047 through violent means. Dismissing the discharge pleas moved by several accused, Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma of the …
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) There is a varied difference in the way terror operations are conducted in North and South India. In the North of India, the ISI makes an aggressive push to launch multiple attacks at important locations. However, in South India, the push is a soft one. The ISI has maintained this style, with the sole focus being on radicalisation and demographic changes. Two key states that the ISI has focused on are Tamil Nadu and Kerala in South India. The Intelligence agencies have o…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested a Trinamool Congress Zilla Parishad office-bearer in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, which is the native district of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. The arrested person has been identified as Samsul Islam, the Trinamool Congress office-bearer (health unit) of East Midnapore Zilla Parishad.He has been arrested in connection with rioting along with his associates during elections for the office-bearer posts …