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  • Tailor killing: NIA arrests sixth accused

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested a sixth particular person in reference to the killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor, in Udaipur in Rajasthan and took him into custody until July 12, officers mentioned.

    Wasim Ali, who ran a meat store reverse the tailoring store of Kanhaiya Lal, was picked by the federal company Tuesday evening and questioned for his alleged function in serving to different accused perform a recce of the world.

    He was positioned below arrest on Wednesday and produced earlier than a chosen courtroom which remanded him within the custody of the NIA until July 12.

    Elaborate safety preparations have been made within the courtroom premises for the manufacturing of the accused.

    “After hearing the matter, the court sent Wasim Ali to the NIA custody till July 12,” Special Public Prosecutor T P Sharma mentioned.

    Lal was killed with a cleaver inside his tailoring store on June 28.

    The grotesque assault by Riaz Akhtari on the tailor was recorded on a telephone by Ghouse Mohammad, and it was posted on-line.

    They mentioned in a video later that they hacked Lal to demise to avenge an alleged insult to Islam. The duo have been arrested inside hours of the killing.

    Two different accused, recognized as Mohsin and Asif, have been arrested Thursday evening for allegedly being concerned within the conspiracy and recce of Kanhaiya Lal’s store.

    The fifth accused, Mohammad Mohsin, was arrested on Monday and despatched to police remand until July 12.

  • NIA takes custody of all accused in Amravati chemist’s homicide, to be produced in Mumbai court docket by Friday

    By PTI

    AMRAVATI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over custody of all of the seven accused within the homicide of Amravati-based chemist Umesh Kolhe, a police official mentioned on Tuesday.

    The NIA took custody of all of the accused, who have been granted 4 days’ transit remand on Monday after they have been produced earlier than the Amravati court docket, he mentioned.

    The accused are prone to be produced earlier than the NIA’s Mumbai court docket on or earlier than July 8, the official added.

    Amravati police had discovered inks between social media posts supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and Umesh’s homicide throughout the investigation and did not suppress the case as was alleged, police commissioner Arti Singh mentioned on Monday.

    Police did not disclose the knowledge earlier given the “very sensitive” nature of the homicide case and to keep away from any untoward incident, she mentioned.

    The seven are Muddasar Ahmad (22), Shahrukh Pathan (25), Abdul Taufiq (24) Shoaib Khan (22), Atib Rashid (22) and Yusuf Khan (32) and alleged mastermind Shaikh Irfan Shaikh Rahim.

    Police are looking out for another suspect Shamim Ahmed in reference to the case.

    Umesh was allegedly attacked with a knife by a gaggle of three males between 10 pm and 10:30 pm on June 21.

    He died throughout remedy on the hospital.

    He had supported a publish on social media in help of Nupur Sharma, who made a touch upon Prophet Muhammad in a TV debate.

  • Amravati killing: NIA crew visits for probe into chemist’s homicide; hunt for prime accused Irfan Khan on

    By PTI

    AMRAVATI: A crew of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited Amravati metropolis in jap Maharashtra on Saturday for probe into the killing of a chemist after it emerged that the crime may be linked to his social media posts supporting suspended BJP chief Nupur Sharma.

    The chemist, Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe (54), was killed on June 21, and Maharashtra police have arrested 5 individuals in reference to the incident.

    Earlier within the day, a Union Home Ministry spokesperson tweeted that the probe of the case has been handed over to the NIA.

    An NIA crew has reached Amravati, stated a senior police official in Mumbai.

    A crew of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of state police from Aurangabad can be visiting town, stated an official.

    Kolhe’s killing had taken place every week earlier than two males hacked to demise a tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur earlier than posting movies on-line saying that they have been avenging an insult to Islam.

    The NIA can be probing the killing of the Udaipur tailor, Kanhaiya Lal.

    As per state police, Kolhe was killed between 10 pm and 10.30 pm on June 21 when he was returning residence on a two-wheeler after closing his store.

    “Five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder and search is on to trace prime accused Irfan Khan (32), who runs an NGO,” Amravati commissioner of police Dr Aarti Singh had stated earlier.

    “Kolhe ran a medical store. He had allegedly shared a post on some WhatsApp groups in support of Nupur Sharma for her comments (against Prophet Mohammad),” an official of the City Kotwali police station stated.

    Khan allegedly hatched a conspiracy to kill Kolhe and roped in 5 others, promising to pay them Rs 10,000 and secure escape in a automotive after the killing, he stated.

    Police arrested Muddsir Ahemad (22), Shahrukh Pathan (25), Abdul Thoufique (24) Shoaib Khan (22) and Atib Rashid (22), all residents of Amravati and day by day wage staff.

    They additionally seized the knife used within the crime and obtained CCTV footage that captured the sequence of occasions.

    The BJP on June 5 suspended its nationwide spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled Delhi BJP media head Navin Jindal after their alleged derogatory remarks towards Prophet Mohammad led to outrage in India and likewise in some Muslim international locations.

  • NIA expenses 11 for supplying arms to terrorists, gangs in Jharkhand

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) mentioned they’ve filed a cost sheet towards 11 individuals in a case of pilferage of arms and ammunition and provide to terrorist organisations in Jharkhand.

    The cost sheet was filed earlier than the particular NIA courtroom below numerous sections of IPC, Arms Act and UAP Act for his or her involvement in provide of arms and ammunition to terrorist organisations and gangs.

    “Avinash Kumar alias Chunnu Sharma, Rishi Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Kamendra Singh, Arun Kumar Singh alias Fauji, Hirla Guman Singh Ucchware, Shivlal Dhawal Singh Chauhan, Kumar Gurlal Uchchware, Kartik Behra, Aman Sahu alias Aman Sao, Sanjay Kumar alias Sanjay Kumar Singh, have been chargesheeted,” mentioned the NIA official.

    The case pertains to pilferage of arms and ammunitions and provide of the identical to the armed cadres of CPI(Maoist) and terrorist gang of Aman Sahu by the accused individuals who had criminally conspired to make use of these arms and ammunition in executing terrorist assaults on the safety forces and in addition for the aim of extortion. The case was initially registered at PS ATS, Ranchi in 2021 and in a while the probe was taken over by the NIA.

    The investigation has established that ammunition of assorted caliber have been pilfered from {a magazine} of the BSF by one accused Kartik Behera and provided to his shut affiliate Arun Kumar Singh. Further, the identical have been provided to the armed cadres of CPI(Maoist) and the terrorist gang of Aman Sahu in affiliation with among the different chargesheeted accused individuals. Four chargesheeted accused within the case have been additionally discovered concerned within the procurement and switch of unlawful firearms. Due to the involvement of accused Kartik Behera in pilferage and provide of ammunition, he was dismissed from the BSF.

    Further investigation within the matter continues to be on.

  • NIA to open workplace in MP to analyze terror actions: Minister

    In March this 12 months, the MP police had arrested 4 alleged members of the banned JMB from Bhopal and seized Jihadi literature and digital units from their possession.

  • Elgar Parishad case: Activist Anand Teltumbde strikes discharge software

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlink case, on Thursday moved a discharge software earlier than the particular National Investigation Agency (NIA) court docket right here, stating that the probe company has not produced any materials to point out that he’s a member of CPI (Maoist) or his alleged function within the case.

    Teltumbde (70) was arrested in April 2020 for his alleged hyperlinks to the Elgar Parishad case and has been lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.

    The activist, via his attorneys Sathyanarayanan and Neeraj Yadav, filed a discharge software earlier than particular NIA choose D E Kothalikar.

    According to the plea, the NIA has alleged that Teltumbde and 7 others are members of CPI (Maoist) and have been deeply concerned within the furtherance of the banned organisation’s agenda via completely different means.

    CPI (Maoists) imagine that the Indian state is being run by a collaboration of imperialist, comprador and bourgeoisie and feudal lords, and the eventual goal is to ascertain Janta Sarkar via revolution submitted by a dedication to protracted arms battle to undermine and seize energy from the state.

    Teltumbde, in his software, claimed that the NIA has not produced any materials earlier than the court docket to point out that he’s a member of CPI (Maoist).

    Responding to the allegation by the probe company that he together with different activists took half within the programme organised below the banner of Elgar Parishad, Teltumbde claimed that apart from an “omnibus assertion”, there is no such thing as a materials within the chargesheet to fortify the cost.

    The probe company has alleged that the accused is a senior member of CPI (Maoist) and was involved with different arrested accused.

    He was the final secretary of the CPDR and a member of the Anuradha Ghandy Memorial committee (AGMC), that are the frontal organisations of CPI (Maoist).

    Teltumbe claimed that the prosecution has not introduced on report any materials to point out that the CPDR is a frontal organisation of CPI (Maoist), and the proof collected through the investigation would in truth present that there is no such thing as a hyperlink between the 2 organisations.

    The activist additional refuted the NIA’s allegation that his function in reference to the Bhima Koregaon programme was appreciated by CPI (Maoist) and there may be proof of an allocation of Rs 10 lakh to him by the banned organisation for his worldwide marketing campaign and visits for furthering its agenda.

    The prosecution, in a listing of paperwork, has rolled out a number of correspondences, allegedly exchanged between varied accused.

    However, there may be nothing in them to decipher that Teltumbde’s function in reference to Bhima Koregaon was appreciated, the discharge software said.

    Praying for discharge from the case, Teltumbde has stated that the court docket can not “act merely as a post office or a mouthpiece” of the prosecution, however has to contemplate the broad chances of the case, whole impact of the proof and paperwork produced earlier than the court docket, any primary infirmities, and so forth.

    At the time of framing of the fees, the probative worth of the fabric on report can’t be gone into, however earlier than framing a cost, the court docket should apply its judicial thoughts to the fabric positioned on report and should be glad that the fee of offence by the accused was attainable, the plea stated.

    Besides Teltumbe, different accused Sudhir Dawale and Mahesh Raut additionally sought discharge from the case.

    Meanwhile, the NIA on Thursday filed its reply to the discharge software of artist and singer Jyoti Jagtap.

    The probe company has claimed that there was sufficient grounds and enough materials proof on report to maintain the cost towards the accused.

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    It is submitted that the averments made within the grounds in search of discharge of the applicant aren’t cogent and legitimate grounds as such current software is devoid of benefit and liable to be dismissed, the NIA stated.

    The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered on the ‘Elgar Parishad’ conclave, held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the subsequent day close to the Koregaon-Bhima struggle memorial situated on the town’s outskirts.

    The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists.

    The probe within the case, by which greater than a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused, was later transferred to the National Investigation Agency.

    The court docket will hear the matter on May 4.

  • NIA information chargesheet towards three ISIS recruiters

    By PTI

    BENGALURU: The NIA on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet earlier than a particular court docket right here towards three folks for his or her alleged involvement in radicalising and recruiting gullible Muslim youth into the ISIS terrorist group.

    They additionally raised and acquired funds to finance the go to of the radicalised youths to Syria, a spokesperson of the National Investigation Agency mentioned.

    Muhammad Tauqir Mahmood and Zohaib Manna of Bengaluru, and Mohammed Shihab of Bhatkal in Karnataka have been charged below sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the spokesperson mentioned.

    The case was registered by the NIA in September 2020 after examination of Dr Abdur Rahman in a case of the Islamic State Khorasan Province which led to unravelling of an ISIS module, the official mentioned.

    During this, names of varied folks liable for radicalising and funding the visits of Muslim youth from Bengaluru and Karnataka to ISIS areas akin to Syria, had emerged, the spokesperson mentioned.

    The NIA had earlier filed a chargesheet towards two accused within the case.

    Mahmood and Manna had been concerned in radicalising and recruiting gullible Muslim youth into the fold of the ISIS by a “Quran Circle” group, based on the spokesperson.

    They had been additionally concerned in elevating and receiving funds to finance the go to of radicalised Muslim youth to Syria, the NIA official mentioned.

    Mahmood and Shihab had earlier visited Syria illegally to ascertain reference to ISIS terrorists, the spokesperson mentioned, including that additional investigation within the case continues.

  • Elgar Parishad case: JNU scholar Umar Khalid says speech not scripted

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid has instructed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that nobody had given him a script for his speech on the Elgar Parishad occasion, which allegedly led to violence in Bhima-Koregaon in Pune.

    Khalid had attended the occasion organised to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon at Shaniwar Wada in Pune on December 31, 2017.

    A Pune resident, who lodged a police grievance in opposition to Khalid, claimed that the JNU scholar had made “provocative” speeches on the occasion and his remarks had been aimed toward creating disharmony and rift between the communities, which led to the violence at Bhima-Koregaon on January 1, 2018.

    An FIR was registered in opposition to Khalid for allegedly making provocative speeches, however he was by no means made an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, which the NIA is probing into.

    In his assertion to the investigating company, Khalid mentioned he was invited to the assembly by Justice (retired) B G Kolse-Patil, one of many organisers of the occasion.

    Khalid’s assertion was a part of the voluminous set of paperwork submitted by the NIA as “additional evidence” earlier than the particular courtroom just lately.

    “During my visit to Pune, I stayed at the house of Justice (retired) Kolse Patil. I don’t remember who arranged the flight tickets for me. Before delivering my speech at any place, I take local knowledge from any known person. No one had given me any script of speech for the Elgar Parishad meeting,” the student-activist has said.

    Many folks had been current on the stage on the Elgar Parishad assembly and a video of it may be seen on YouTube alongside along with his speech, he mentioned.

    Once the occasion acquired over, Khalid mentioned he went to retd Justice Kolse Patil’s home.

    “Next day, many media persons came to his house. I had also given one bite to a media person. At that time many persons related to the Elgar Parishad meeting were present in Justice Kolse Patil’s house. At about 11 am, I came to know that BJP and RSS persons had attacked people who came to visit Bhima Koregaon,” the assertion quoting Khalid mentioned.

    Khalid has additionally instructed the NIA that he knew Rona Wilson, an accused within the Elgar Parishad case, as she had come to JNU to ship a speech, and he additionally knew one other accused Arun Ferreira as a result of he had attended his ebook launch occasion.

    Besides Khalid’s assertion, the foremost chunk of the “further proof” has the small print of the programmes and conferences held at Bagaicha, a company based by Father Stan Swamy.

    Swamy, an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, died in July final yr whereas ready for bail on medical grounds.

    In its newest paperwork, the NIA has additionally submitted statements of Xavier Soreng and David Soloman, each mentioned to be very near Swamy.

    The duo was a part of the managing staff of Bagaicha.

    In the assertion, the duo has claimed that the premises of Bagaicha was utilized by a number of organisations for his or her coaching programmes.

    The doc, with which the witnesses had been confronted, claimed that one of many anticipated outcomes for the challenge was “forming strong unions from unorganised sector, working class, minorities, with a long-term agenda of challenging fascist ruling powers in Jharkhand and other states. To establish working relations with certain banned rebel groups who have well-oiled network in and around the tribal belt of Jharkhand, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh”.

    The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered on the Elgar Parishad conclave, held at Shaniwar Wada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the subsequent day close to the Koregaon-Bhima battle memorial positioned on the town’s outskirts.

    The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists.

    The probe within the case, during which greater than a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused, was later transferred to the NIA.

  • NIA information cost sheet in opposition to arrested Pakistani terrorist

    By PTI

    JAMMU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a cost sheet in a court docket right here in opposition to a Pakistani terrorist affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) who was arrested throughout an infiltration try in Uri sector in September final yr, an official mentioned.

    The cost sheet was filed in opposition to Imdadullah, hailing from Pakistan’s Punjab province, underneath numerous sections of the IPC, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act and the Foreigners Act, a spokesperson of the NIA mentioned.

    Imdadullah who had a number of code names equivalent to ‘Ali Babar’, ‘Dujana’ and ‘313’ was arrested, whereas his affiliate Atiq-ur-Rehman alias “Qari Anas and Abu Anas” was killed by the Army once they made a failed infiltration try from throughout the border in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on September 27 final yr.

    The spokesperson mentioned the case was initially registered at police station Uri on September 27 and later re-registered by the NIA on October 30, 2021.

    An enormous cache of arms, ammunition, explosives and different incriminating materials had been recovered from the possession of the slain and arrested Pakistani terrorists, the NIA mentioned, including additional investigation within the case was underway.

  • NIA staff arrives to analyze DRDO espionage case

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: A Day after the arrest of 4 contractual workers and a everlasting staffer of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a staff of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrived at Balasore to analyze the hyperlinks of the accused individuals with the Pakistani brokers.

    The two-member staff of NIA, the counter terrorist job power of the nation, is learnt to have been briefed by Balasore police concerning the incident that led to the arrest of the 5 individuals. The staff comprising IT and forensic consultants are anticipated to go to the delicate areas within the ITR and interrogate the accused after taking them on remand.

    Police on Thursday arrested a driver Sachin Kumar Chatta in reference to the alleged espionage within the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off Odisha coast. A local of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Chatta was a everlasting staffer who labored as the driving force of a prime defence scientist for the final seven years and was dwelling contained in the ITR Colony the place quite a few scientists and technical officers reside.

    He was produced within the SDJM courtroom at Balasore and remanded in judicial custody after his bail utility was rejected. On Tuesday, 4 contractual workers – Basanta Behera (52) of Jhampura, Hemanta Kumar Mistri (52) of Buanla, Tapas Ranjan Nayak (41) of Palasia and Sk Musafir (32) of Srikona have been arrested.

    The 5 have been booked for his or her anti-national act and legal conspiracy and underneath numerous sections of the Official Secrets Act. While preliminary investigations revealed they have been honey-trapped and leaked defence secrets and techniques with international brokers, purportedly Pakistani brokers in alternate of cash, the NIA is anticipated to unravel their hyperlinks.

    A contractual photographer of ITR Iswar Chandra Behera, who was arrested on the fees of espionage six years in the past and awarded life sentence in February this yr, had allegedly acquired cash from Meerut in alternate of data and images from the check vary.    

    “The NIA will investigate if there is any link between the two cases and whether the agents are the same persons. Since in both the cases the accused persons had shared information about the missile tests, the NIA may go deeper to ascertain who else are involved and what more might have been shared,” stated an official.

    Meanwhile, the Crime Branch of Police has taken over the cost of investigation from the native police. A particular investigating staff headed by Additional SP of Crime Branch Prasanta Bisoi met Balasore police and began preparation to method the courtroom for remand of the accused individuals.​