The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday launched coordinated searches at multiples locations in Tamil Nadu in a suspected terror module case, police sources said. A DMK councillor in Coimbatore was among those under the agency's radar. Searches were being held at the premises of various individuals in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tenkasi, the sources added.
The absconding chief of the ISIS Thrissur module from Tamil Nadu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September foiling his plans to flee the country, an official said. NIA apprehended Siyed Nabeel, the chief of the Thrissur-based module of the banned global terror group, from Chennai which had been working on the ground for the past few weeks to nab him, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.
In July, the NIA tracked and arrested Ashif alias “Mathilakath Kodayil Ashraf” from his hideout near Sathyamangalam in Tamil Nadu. The NIA, which had registered the case on July 11 based on credible information under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, found that the Thrissur-based ISIS module had been conspiring to commit terror acts in Kerala, the spokesperson said.
(With PTI inputs)
