Patna, April 15 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against Kundan Kumar, also known as Kundan Bhagat, in connection with a 2024 Bihar case involving the smuggling of illegal weapons.The chargesheet was submitted before the NIA Special Court in Patna, invoking multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Arms Act, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).With this, Kundan Kumar becomes the sixth accused to be chargeshe…
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Lucknow/Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced three terrorists linked to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror module Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) to life imprisonment for conspiring to carry out serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country. Special Judge (NIA/ATS) Jitendra Kumar Pandey convicted and sentenced Minhaj Ahmad alias Minhaj, Musiruddin alias Musir alias Raju, and Tauheed Ahmad Shah alias Sobu Shah in the case investigated by the National Investigation…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday was urged to consider hearing in open court the review petition filed by student activist Umar Khalid in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.The matter was mentioned by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khalid, before a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale.Sibal submitted that the review petition is listed for hearing on Wednesday and requested that it be taken up in open court. “I w…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) With the Jaish-e-Mohammad largely remaining in reset mode, its operatives within India have been told to find new ways of raising funds for operations in Jammu and Kashmir. The Jaish-e-Mohammad was one of the hardest hit terror groups during Operation Indoor. Not only was its headquarters in Bahawalpur razed to rubble, but its chief Masood Azhar ended up losing several of his closest family members.Although there are scores of Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives waiting in Pak…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) an additional 45 days to complete its probe in the Red Fort blast case that claimed 11 lives and left several others injured. The Patiala House Court allowed the anti-terror agency’s plea seeking more time to conclude the investigation. This marks the second instance when the Central agency has approached the court for an extension in the case.According to sources, the NIA submitted that crucial …
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan over comments made in support of a terrorist organisation and its members, stressing that Islamabad has no locus standi to speak on matters related to India and its judicial processes. New Delhi’s strong reaction came after Pakistan Foreign Office issued a statement on the awarding of a life imprisonment sentence to Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi.Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Paki…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for offences including conspiracy to commit terrorist acts and waging war against the Government of India, while awarding 30-year jail terms to her associates Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen. Pronouncing the order on the quantum of sentence, Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh of the Karkardooma Courts held that the acts of the convicts struck at the “very existe…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A Special NIA court sentenced three operatives of the proscribed Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) terrorist organisation to imprisonment varying from 30 years to life in connection with a 2018 Kashmir secession conspiracy case, an official said on Tuesday. Dukhtaran-e-Millat is an all-women outfit with the declared objective of achieving secession of Kashmir from India, said a statement issued by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Aasiya Andrabi @ Aasiyeh Andrabi @S…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The arrest of an American mercenary, Matthew Aaron VanDyke, and six Ukrainian nationals by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has exposed a larger agenda against the northeastern states of India.While the accused persons have confessed that they were training Myanmar-based ethnic armed groups, the NIA is now looking for their local facilitators. Such an operation could not have taken place without local help, an official said.While the agency has arrested seven pe…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against six individuals, including three who remain absconding, in connection with the January 2024 Maoist assault on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camps in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. This move adds further weight to the ongoing investigation into one of the most audacious attacks carried out by cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation. The attack, executed with precision …