New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained a businessman from Bengaluru and a few more persons after arresting 15 people, including Mohammad Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan, who was convicted for possession of firearms in connection with the three train bomb blasts in Mumbai.
Of the total 44 locations being raided by the NIA since this morning, the agency sleuths have searched 1 place in Karnataka, 2 in Pune, 31 in Thane Rural, 9 in Thane city and 1 in Bhayandar.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged nine individuals for participating in an ISIS plot to carry out terrorist acts in India. Five of the accused have tech backgrounds and were allegedly tasked with pursuing robotics courses to gain skills for future attacks.
The case was initially registered by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell after the arrest of a Kashmiri couple, Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife Hina Bashir Beigh, from Okhla in Delhi. The couple was found to be affiliated with the ISKP.