NIA files supplementary charge sheet against five accused persons in Coimbatore blast case 

NIA files supplementary charge sheet against five accused persons in Coimbatore blast case 

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet against five accused persons in the Coimbatore car bomb blast case of October 2022. The five men charge-sheeted were identified as Umar Faaruq, Firose Khan, Mohamed Thoufeeq, Sheikh Hidayatullah and Sanofar Ali. The agency had earlier charge-sheeted six suspects in April this year. … Read more

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in four States against PFI cadres

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in four States against PFI cadres

A view of National Investigation Agency, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out searches at more than a dozen locations in various parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh and … Read more

Bhopal-Ujjain train blast case: NIA court awards death penalty to 7 of 8 convicts

Bhopal-Ujjain train blast case: NIA court awards death penalty to 7 of 8 convicts

National Investigation Agency Special Court on February 28 gave death sentences to seven out of eight convicts in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast case. | Photo Credit: V. SUDERSHAN National Investigation Agency Special Court on February 28 gave death sentences to seven out of eight convicts in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast case. Another was … Read more

NIA arrests two more in IS conspiracy case

NIA arrests two more in IS conspiracy case

Continuing investigations into the Shivamogga IS conspiracy case, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials arrested two more alleged terror operatives on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Mazin Abdul Rahman from Thokottu in Mangaluru and Nadeem Ahmed K.A. from Honnali, Davangere. With this, the total number of arrest have reached six people. Investigations revealed that accused … Read more

Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde released from Navi Mumbai prison

Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde released from Navi Mumbai prison

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Saturday released from the Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai, a day after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency‘s (NIA) plea challenging the bail granted to him, an official said. Teltumbde, 73, who spent two-and-a-half years behind bars in the … Read more

NIA team visits places near Coimbatore blast site; police search houses of persons on watch list

NIA team visits places near Coimbatore blast site; police search houses of persons on watch list

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team probing the car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore on Wednesday visited neighbouring localities, including H.M.P.R Street at Kottaimedu, where the alleged mastermind of the terror plot lived in a rented house. NIA officials were seen visiting shops and checking the availability of visuals from surveillance cameras … Read more

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police

The suspected mastermind of the Coimbatore blast hinted at his mission on social media account  The suspected mastermind of the Coimbatore blast hinted at his mission on social media account  The Ministry of Home Affairs recently issued a specific alert on possible attacks on prominent Hindu organisation leaders by activists of the banned Popular Front … Read more

PUCL report alleges abuse of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

PUCL report alleges abuse of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties says ‘suo motu power’ by Centre to transfer investigation from the State police was a ‘serious threat to federalism’ Report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties says ‘suo motu power’ by Centre to transfer investigation from the State police was a ‘serious threat to federalism’ The … Read more

PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed

PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed

The outfit’s alleged links with extremist elements abroad being looked into, says an official The outfit’s alleged links with extremist elements abroad being looked into, says an official The enforcement agencies are probing the alleged links of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) with the extremist elements in Turkey, and the others who extended … Read more

Calcutta HC orders transfer of probe into Birbhum explosions to NIA

Calcutta HC orders transfer of probe into Birbhum explosions to NIA

Calcutta High Court has ordered transfer of investigation into explosions in Birbhum district to the NIA from the state CID holding that the central agency has precedence in the investigation of scheduled offence. Vacating an earlier stay by a single bench of the HC in the NIA probe, a division bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi … Read more