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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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…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order permitting Delhi riots accused Devangana Kalita to inspect unrelied electronic evidence kept in the police malkhana before the stage of framing of charges in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi passed the interim order while hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Delhi Police challenging the Delhi High Court’s …
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…
Giridih (Jharkhand), July 17 (IANS) In a major success in Jharkhand’s anti-Naxal operation, the Giridih police have arrested Ajay Mahto alias Tiger alias Basudev, a senior Maoist leader carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh, officials said on Friday.Mahto, a member of the Special Area Committee (SAC) of the banned CPI (Maoist), had long been a key target for security agencies. He was wanted in more than 100 cases, including murder, attacks on police personnel, extortion, and IED blasts.According to po…
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…
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday achieved a breakthrough by framing charges in a landmark narco‑terror case in the Special NIA Court. A statement said: “In a breakthrough against narco‑terrorism and cross‑border terror financing, the Special NIA Court has ordered the framing of charges in a landmark case investigated by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir, clearing the way for the trial of members of an alleged Pakistan‑backed Lash…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) A Delhi court has allowed jailed student activist Umar Khalid to have two e-mulakats (video meetings) every week with his mother and other family members, observing that he had been availing the facility for the last six years without violating any prison rules. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts passed the order while disposing of an application moved by Khalid, an accused in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi r…
Ahmedabad/Patan, July 14 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has intensified its investigation into the alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) network uncovered earlier this month, questioning around five more suspected individuals in Patan district’s Siddhpur after fresh leads emerged during the ongoing probe.The latest action follows the arrest of eight alleged operatives by the Gujarat ATS ahead of the annual Rath Yatra.Investigators said the fresh questioning was prompted by evidence sugge…