The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted simultaneous raids in four states in connection with a probe into a Pakistan-backed Ghazwa-e-Hind terror module case in Bihar, PTI reported.

Gazwa-e-Hind Module Case: NIA

The raids were conducted at the premises of suspects in Dewas in Madhya Pradesh, Gir Somnath in Gujarat, Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and Kozhikode in Kerala. Several incriminating documents and digital devices were seized during the raid, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.

“These suspects were in contact with the handlers and were involved in propagating the radical, anti-India idea of Ghazwa-e-Hind,” the spokesperson of the federal probe agency said. The case was initially registered by Bihar police on July 14, 2022, following the arrest of Marghoob Ahmad Danish alias “Tahir”, the admin of the WhatsApp group Ghazwa-e-Hind, created by a Pakistani national identified as Zain.

The anti-terror agency had filed a chargesheet against accused Marghoob Ahmad Danish on January 6 this year under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The case was initially registered in July last year in Patna followed by the arrest of Marghoob Ahmad Danish, the admin of WhatsApp Group Ghazwa-e-Hind. The NIA has been probing the case since 22nd July last year, when it took over the investigations. The anti-terror agency had filed a charge sheet against accused Marghoob Ahmad Danish on 6th January this year.

National Investigation Agency

The NIA is the Central Counter-Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency of India mandated to investigate all the offences affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India. It includes:

•Friendly relations with foreign states.

•Against atomic and nuclear facilities.

•Smuggling of arms, drugs and fake Indian currency and infiltration from across the borders.

•The offences under the statutory laws enacted to implement international treaties, agreements, conventions and resolutions of the United Nations, its agencies and other international organisations.

•It was constituted under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, 2008.

•Headquarters: New Delhi