NIA raids at multiple places across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and TN

National Investigation Agency, NIA has made significant seizures in connection with conspiracy by Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, and Teherik-e-Taliban to recruit and radicalize youth in order to spread terror in India. The seizures were made during multiple raids across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. A host of incriminating digital devices were recovered during the searches.

NIA is examining the devices to track those involved in the conspiracy and thwart their efforts to destabilize the country. The raids were part of the NIA investigations in a case registered in April this year



against two accused recruited earlier by these banned organizations. The two were involved in a series of disruptive terror-linked activities, including the transfer of funds abroad for the purchase of land in Afghanistan.

The investigations have revealed that the duo were also involved in radicalization of vulnerable and susceptible youth and their recruitment to the two organizations to further the activities of their terror fronts active in India. The entire conspiracy was aimed at spreading terror in India and disrupting peace and communal harmony.