Delhi
NIA Related Incidents:2019

A Delhi Court on January 7 extended National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of five of the 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of Islamic State (IS) module, reports The Hindu. The court remanded the other five accused in judicial custody after the agency said they were not required for custodial interrogation. The group was reportedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India. The court extended the NIA custody of Mufti Mohammed Suhail alias Hazrath (29) and Saqib Iftekar (26) till January 12.Zubair Malik (20), Rashid Zafar Raq alias Zafar (23) and Anas Yunus (24) were sent to further custodial interrogation till January 10.The others — Zubair’s brother Zaid (22), Saeed alias Sayeed (28), his brother Raees Ahmad, Mohammed Irshad (in late 20s) and Mohammed Azam (35) — were sent to judicial custody till February till February after the NIA did not seek their further remand.They were earlier produced before the court on December 27 after which they were sent to 10-day NIA custody which expired on January 7.The probe agency had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’, which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam.Of the 16 detained, 10 were later arrested — five from Amroha, in Uttar Pradesh (U.P) and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north-east Delhi. Read less...

A Delhi Court, on January 18, extended remand of Muhammed Absar, a man arrested from Uttar Pradesh under custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) by seven days, reports News 18. He was arrested in connection with probe against an Islamic State (IS) inspired group for planning attacks in New Delhi and other locations. Special Judge Rakesh Syal allowed the NIA's plea for further remand during in-chamber proceedings after 24-year-old Muhammed Absar was produced in court on the expiry of his six-day custodial interrogation. Read less...

National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a suspected militant for his role in the 2006 Kozhikode twin blasts case on his arrival from Saudi Arabia at Delhi Airport on January 23, reports The Hindu. The arrestee has been identified as Mohammed Ashar. NIA in a statement said ‘The cases pertain to the twin IED blasts that had occurred at the Kerala Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Mofussil Bus Stands in Calicut (Kozhikode) City on March 3, 2006, causing injuries to two persons and damage to property. NIA had taken over the investigation of the cases on December 18, 2009 and had filed a chargesheet against eight accused persons, including Ashar’. Trial in this case against four available accused persons was completed in August, 2011 and two of the accused identified as T. Naseer and Sagas were sentenced to life imprisonment. Indian Express further adds that NIA Inspector General (IG) stated that ‘Investigation by NIA had revealed that Mohammed Ashar besides the other absconding accused P P Yusuf were parties to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the prime accused T Naseer, Safas (both convicted) and others to carry out Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts in Kozhikode city in protest over the denial of bail to Muslim accused persons involved in the Marad communal riots of 2003 at Kozhikode District. Mohammed Ashar, along with P P Yusuf, had assisted T Naseer in preparing the IEDs and had planted the explosive devices at the bus stands in Kozhikode city. Accused Mohd Ashar had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2007 itself, to evade his arrest’. Read less...

One person, identified as P Yoosaf was arrested in connection with the 2006 Kozhikode (Kozhikode District) twin blast case by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 1, reports Times of India. He was arrested from New Delhi Airport when he arrives from Saudi Arabia. With the arrest of Yoosaf, the eighth accused, the NIA has arrested all the accused in the case. According to sources, Yoosuf was part of the conspiracy and was also involved in planting the explosives. He had fled the country in 2007. The case pertains to the twin Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts that had occurred at two bus stands in Kozhikode on March 3, 2006, causing injuries to two persons besides damage to property. The explosives were planted after bail was denied to the accused in Marad (Kozhikode District) communal riot case. Read less...

An unidentified businessman from Bahadurpura in Hyderabad District who was summoned to Delhi by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning in a terror funding case failed to appear before the authorities, reports Times of India on February 26. It’s not clear if he has been summoned as a suspect or a witness. In Sept 2018, NIA had unearthed a terror-funding module of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), a charity arm of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT). Read less...

The chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference-Mirwaiz (APHC-M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq didn’t appear before the National Investigating Agency (NIA) at New Delhi on March 11 and instead sent a written reply to the notice, reports Daily Excelsior. Mirwaiz, who was summoned by NIA to appear before its headquarters in New Delhi at 10.30 am on March 11, has asked the NIA to conduct his examination in Srinagar. In reply to NIA summons, Mirwaiz, through his lawyer Aijaz Ahmad Dhar, alleged that attempts were being made to link the moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman in false and fabricated cases of terror funding through manipulation. Advocate Dhar alleged that the notice appeared to have been issued on the basis of fallacious assumptions and misinformation solely aimed at maligning the Mirwaiz and knowing his status and position, it appears to be outcome of considerations other than the law. Read less...

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 20, arrested a suspected Islamic State (IS) militant Mohammad Gufran for allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians and government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India, reports The Hindu. According to NIA, he had formed a pro-ISIS module namely Harkat Ul Harb-e-Islam. He is the 13th accused to have been arrested in the case. The NIA has said that one Mufti Mohammed Suhail, a resident of Delhi’s Jafrabad in Seelampur, was the ‘Amir’ (local chief) of the pro-ISIS module which mobilised funds and procured weapons, ammunition and explosive materials to prepare improvised explosive devices with his other associates. Read less...

A retired Delhi Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) was arrested on April 24 from an unspecified location in Delhi for providing arms pro-Khalistan militants, reports Time of India on April 30. The arrestee identified as Sunderlal Parashar was arrested by NIA. He was sent to judicial custody on April 30 till May 14. NIA alleged that the retired Police officer had exchanged 250 calls with another a terror suspect in the case identified as Harpal Singh. He was active on social media, by calling for a separate Khalistan and attempting to revive the militancy, according to National Investigation Agency (NIA). Harpal Singh was arrested on December 2, 2018 by Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). NIA also allege that the accused were planning jail breaks to free Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants. Also arrested in the case in December was Delhi resident identified as Mohiuddin Siddiqui. It was alleged that in November 2018 Siddiqui had handed over the illegal weapons to Harpal Singh through another individual. Read less...

The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 attached assets worth INR7.3 million in connection with a terror financing and money laundering case linked to global terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Pakistan-based proscribed group Falah-e-Insaniyat (FIF), reports The New Indian Express. On May 2, a provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and a residential flat and shop in Delhi, and cash and bank balance belonging to a person named Mohd Salman were attached in a case being probed against FIF, which is a front for terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the agency said. The ED had filed a criminal case in this regard in February after taking cognisance of a National Investigation Agency (NIA) FIR. In the case, the NIA had carried out searches in the past and had seized over four dozen SIM cards, phones and INR 1.56 crore cash, and arrested four people, including Salman. Salman, who was based in Delhi, was in "regular touch with a Dubai-based Pakistan national, who in turn was connected with the deputy chief of the FIF", the ED and NIA have claimed. Salman, at present, is lodged at the Tihar jail in connection with the NIA case. He is alleged to have received funds from FIF operators through Hawala and he and others were reported to have received money illegally from various persons, including those in Pakistan and the UAE, the ED had said earlier. Read less...

A Delhi court on June 4 sent Kashmiri separatists Masarat Alam, Asiya Andrabi and Shabir Shah to 10-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody in a terror funding case involving the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD) ‘chief’ Hafiz Saeed, reports Daily Excelsior. The NIA arrested the three during in-chamber proceedings before Special Judge Rakesh Syal and sought 15-day custodial interrogation. Asiya and Shah were already in custody in separate cases while Alam was brought from Jammu and Kashmir on transit remand, advocate MS Khan appearing for the accused said. Read less...

A special court on July 1 rejected the bail plea of a retired Delhi Police official, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly providing a weapon to an accused linked to a group attempting to revive Sikh militancy for a separate Khalistan, reports The Indian Express. The court on July 1 rejected 62-year-old Sundarlal Parashar’s bail application. He was arrested on April 24, following which a charge sheet was filed against him on May 23. In his bail plea, Parashar said there was no evidence presented by the NIA that could show his involvement in the alleged conspiracy. The NIA had invoked sections under the Arms Act against him, stating that Parashar had provided a pistol and live rounds, which was recovered from another accused in the case named Moinuddin Siddiqui. According to the NIA, Siddiqui gave the weapon to another accused, Harpal Singh. The NIA alleged that Singh was active on social media, seeking the creation of a separate Khalistan and had links with a radical group called Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). Read less...

The Supreme Court (SC) on July 1 rejected a plea filed by Popular Front of India (PFI) member, Asim Sharif challenging framing of charges against him for his alleged involvement in the killing of an RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) activist in Bengaluru in 2016, reports India Today. The RSS worker, Rudresh was hacked to death in the Shivajinagar area in Bengaluru City in Bengaluru District of Karnataka in October 2016. Five persons including Asim Sharif were arrested in the case and a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court had framed charges against them. PFI is a political organisation that operates mainly in Kerala. It has been accused of having links with the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Read less...

Delhi court on August 21 sent Rashid Engineer, a former independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid to judicial custody in a case related to funding of terror activities, reports Daily Excelsior. District Judge Yashwant Kumar sent Rashid to the custody for two weeks after the NIA produced him before the court on expiry of his custodial interrogation. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had registered the case unidentified members of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) and other secessionist leaders who have been acting in connivance with Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other outfits. Read less...

A Constable of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a staff were arrested for allegedly stealing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 15 million from NIA headquarters on Lodhi road in South Delhi District, reports The Hindu on September 5. An NIA Official claimed the suspects, identified as Constable Sunil Kumar and pantry staff Ashok Kumar, mistook the fake notes for genuine ones. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 4, filed a supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and four other Kashmiri separatists, including a woman accused Aasiya Andrabi, for allegedly conspiring to wage a war against the Central Government by carrying out terrorist and secessionist activities, reports Daily Excelsior. The charge sheet claimed that Pakistan High Commission supported the separatists through transfer of funds via financial conduits to create unrest in the Kashmir valley. The case relates to alleged terror funding in 2017 in the Valley and involves Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind based in Pakistan. Separatists Shabir Shah, Masarat Alam Bhat and former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rashid Engineer have also been named as accused in the supplementary charge sheet, NIA’s Special Public Prosecutor Sidharth Luthra said. The charge sheet was filed before Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal, during in-camera proceedings. The court has put up the matter for taking cognisance of the charge sheet on October 23. The NIA stated later in a press release that during the investigation, searches were conducted at nine locations in J&K and 400 electronic devices along with 85 incriminating documents were seized. Read less...

On November 10, RK Meghen (75), the former ‘chairman’ of Manipur-based insurgent outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF), was taken to Delhi by National Investigating Agency (NIA) officials, Megan’s lawyer M Gunedhor Singh informed, reports News 18. According to Singh, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had urged the former UNLF supremo not to return to Manipur in view of the "volatile situation in the state". Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 13, in its charge sheet informed Patiala House Court of Delhi, that Al-Qaeda tried to establish a base in Delhi through its operative Samiun Rahman alias Hamdan, who was arrested in 2017 by the Delhi Police, reports sentinalassam.com. The Britain-based Rahman had planned to fight for the Rohingya cause in Myanmar and entered India illegally via Beenapole border in West Bengal from Bangladesh, the NIA said in its charge sheet filed under the Arms Act, Foreigners Act, and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The NIA said that Rahman a resident of Port Pool Lane in London, was staying in India on a fake identity of Shumon Haq alias Raju Bhai. The fake ID proof mentions his residential address as House No.88, Mullabadi post office, Dhantola Thakurganj, Kishanganj, Bihar. “At the time of his arrest, a pistol and four rounds of ammunition were seized from Rahman. Incriminating material showing his allegiance to the Al-Qaeda and regarding his chat with the associates of the terror organisation was recovered from his laptop and mobile phone,” said the NIA. Read less...

Global cooperation is a “necessity” for tackling terrorism and radicalisation and every country should share their experiences in order to keep a step ahead of techniques adopted by terror outfits, National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Y C Modi stated on December 4, at the concluding day of a two-day (December 3-4) conference — “Investigating ISIS networks” — organised by the European Union (EU) and the NIA held in New Delhi, reports Daily Excelsior. Modi said there were no boundaries for terrorism which makes it imperative for global cooperation to fight the menace. Read less...

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 23 conducted searches in Delhi and Dimapur in Nagaland at the houses of Alemla Jamir, wife of a National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) leader reports India Today. Four bullet proof jackets, 28 rounds of 7.62 and 9MM and 12 bore rounds as well as spy cameras and pistol holsters and magazine puches were recovered from her house. She is the wife of Pungting Shirmrang alias James Jamir who is a member of NSCN-IM steering committee. Earlier on December 20, NIA had re-registered a case under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for terror financing of NSCN (IM). Alemla is alleged to be working for NSCN (IM) and was detained at New Delhi airport on December 17 with INR 7.2 Million. Read less...