New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two key absconders in connection with the targeted killing of local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Praveen Nettaru by cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Karnataka in 2022, an official said on Sunday. Abdul Nasir and Naushad were nabbed respectively from Kochi (Kerala) and Hosur (Tamil Nadu) on Saturday in a meticulous operation carried out across the two states based on credible information from the…
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The trial in the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) terror conspiracy case against former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E. Abubacker and other office-bearers of the banned outfit will commence on July 29 after they pleaded not guilty before a Delhi court on Saturday. Appearing before the Special NIA Court at the Patiala House Courts, all 21 accused denied the charges framed against them and opted to face trial. The court has fixed July 29 for the commencement…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The nature of radicalisation in South India is undergoing a significant shift, with security agencies increasingly concerned about individuals and small groups propagating extremist ideologies without any formal links to terror organisations.This emerging pattern has left the security agencies worried, and individuals or smaller groups running radicalisation networks are hard to track.Recent investigations by various agencies and the raids that have taken place in the s…
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, April 16 (IANS) Radicalisation has become one of the biggest threats facing India. The agencies warn that radicalisation camps can come up at unassuming locations as they largely remain off the radar. The TCS case is one such example where the police found that professional seniority was used as a leverage to allegedly radicalise and also convert vulnerable junior employees between 2021 and 2026.While the probe is ongoing, the agencies are set to look into a larger pattern. More such …
Patna, March 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against two more accused in a 2022 case related to an alleged conspiracy by the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) to disrupt peace and communal harmony through unlawful and anti-national activities.The chargesheet was submitted on Wednesday before the NIA Special Court, taking the total number of accused arrested and chargesheeted in the case to 20.According to the NIA investigation, the two ac…
Kochi, Feb 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Malappuram native who had been absconding for nearly four years in connection with an alleged arms training case linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).Kochi, Feb 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Malappuram native who had been absconding for nearly four years in connection with an alleged arms training case linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).Moitheenkutty, a resid…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Al Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS) has devised a new strategy for its India operations. While at first, it was plotting high-profile killings, the AQIS realised that the chances of such operations turning out to be a success are very low.Intelligence agencies have learnt that the module members, during their online discussions, decided that they should be targeting the common people. They feel that such targets are easy to hit as they are not covered by any form of sec…
Alappuzha, Dec 30 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) said on Tuesday that it will approach higher courts to challenge the court order of the Mavelikkara Additional Sessions Court, which acquitted all the 19 accused in the 2012 murder of ABVP activist Vishal, a first-year degree student of NSS College at Konni in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta. Describing the court judgment as “deeply unfortunate and inadmissible”, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said it woul…