The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 31 carried out searches at two locations at Kovai (Coimbatore District) beside one each in Elayangudi (Sivaganga District), Trichy (Tiruchirappalli District), Kayalpattinam (Thoothukudi District) and Nagapattinam (Nagapattinam District) in Tamil Nadu in connection with the alleged plot by an Islamic State (IS)-inspired group to murder leaders of Hindu organisations, reports Outlook India. NIA was probing into the alleged conspiracy to kill Hindu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath and his son Omkar by the IS-inspired groups. In September, 2018 a Special Investigation Unit of the Coimbatore Police had foiled a plot by seven members of an IS-inspired Islamic group in Tamil Nadu to murder Sampath, Hindu Munnani leader Mookambikai Mani and Sakthi Sena leader Anbu Mari.