NIA conducts searches at five locations in Mumbai, Pune
National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at five different places in Maharashtra's Mumbai and Pune, said the officials on Monday. According to the officials, the searches are being carried out at five locations in connection to a case linked to an Islamic state. «The searches are still underway, at one place in Pune and four in Mumbai,» said the officials.
More details are awaited. Earlier on Sunday, the NIA conducted raids at five places in Bihar, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh in connection with 'Ghazwa-e-Hind', a radicalized module being run by Pakistan-based suspects. The agency searched one place in Darbhanga and two in Patna in Bihar, one in Surat (Gujarat), and one in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh).
The raids were conducted at the premises of these suspects across three states. Incriminating material, including digital devices (mobile phones, memory cards), SIM cards and documents were seized during the raids, said the NIA. The case came to light after the arrest of Marghoob Ahmad Danish alias Tahir, of Phulwarisharif area of Patna district by the Bihar Police, which registered it on July 14, last year.
The NIA took over the case and re-registered it on July 22, last year and Marghoob was charge-sheeted on January 6 this year under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. «The accused was found to be a member of the Ghazwa-e-Hind module, which was operated by Pakistan-based operatives, with the objective of radicalizing impressionable youth for the establishment of Ghazwa-e-Hind over Indian territory,» said the NIA. Investigations revealed that Marghoob was the admin of a WhatsApp Group 'Ghazwa-e-Hind', created by a Pakistnational named Zain.
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