Articles tagged under: NIA

NIA chargesheets 8 more in 2020 transnational narco-terror case linked to LeT funding

October 08, 2025
NIA chargesheets 8 more in 2020 transnational narco-terror case linked to LeT funding

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charge-sheeted eight more accused individuals in the 2020 transnational narco-terror network case involving the smuggling of drugs from Pakistan through sea routes into India via Gujarat. The drugs were aimed at financing the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit. In the 8th supplementary chargesheet filed in the Salaya drugs case, the NIA has conclusively established the narco-terror conspiracy, masterminded by Italy-based Simranjit Singh Sa...Read More

Gujarat ATS busts Al-Qaeda terror module; NIA likely to join probe

August 02, 2025
Gujarat ATS busts Al-Qaeda terror module; NIA likely to join probe

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has recently busted an online terror module linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and arrested 30-year-old Shama Parveen Ansari from Bengaluru along with four others in the case. Now, given the gravity of the case, teams from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are likely to join the probe. Officials said that under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the NIA can initiate an independent investigation if r...Read More

Crackdown on D-Company: NIA Seizes Properties of Key Accused in Bharuch Murder Case

August 01, 2025
Crackdown on D-Company: NIA Seizes Properties of Key Accused in Bharuch Murder Case

New Delhi: Cracking down further on the Pakistan-based D-Company gang, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached two immovable properties belonging to accused Mohammad Yunus alias Manjro in connection with the 2015 Bharuch double murder case, the agency said today. The properties of the arrested accused have been attached under Section 33(1) of the UA(P) Act, on the orders of the NIA Special Court, Ahmedabad, in case RC-13/2015/NIA/DLI. The attached properties include his residential...Read More

NIA takes over cyber terrorism case involving Nadiad teen

July 05, 2025
NIA takes over cyber terrorism case involving Nadiad teen

Ahmedabad: The investigation into a high-profile cyberterrorism case involving 18-year-old Jasim Shahnawaz Ansari has been officially handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). As per directives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ahmedabad unit of the Gujarat ATS transferred the case to the NIA on Friday. Ansari, a resident of Nadiad, was arrested by Gujarat ATS for allegedly coordinating Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on over 50 Indian government websites between...Read More

NIA searches in Gujarat: Viramgam cleric questioned for links with terror group JeM

December 13, 2024
NIA searches in Gujarat: Viramgam cleric questioned for links with terror group JeM

Ahmedabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at around 19 locations in five states, including Gujarat. In Gujarat, the raid took place in Viramgam, Ahmedabad district, where a Muslim cleric was interrogated for suspected ties to the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). The searches occurred at 19 locations across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir as part of an investigation into the alleged activities of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), w...Read More

NIA conducts searches in 5 states including Gujarat in Jaish-e-Mohammed radicalisation case

December 12, 2024
NIA conducts searches in 5 states including Gujarat in Jaish-e-Mohammed radicalisation case

Ahmedabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) launched searches at 19 locations across Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat this morning. The operation is part of an ongoing investigation into radicalisation activities linked to the Pakistan-based, banned terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed. It is learned that in Gujarat, searches are being conducted in Sanand. The searches were based on information gathered from interrogating an arrested suspect and analysing e...Read More