According to the NIA, Lawrence Bishnoi and his associates have generated a huge amount of money primarily by the means of the sale of illegal liquor and extortion in India.
In a statement released on Thursday, it has sought information about them from the general public. Notably, the Indian Consulate was attacked in March following a crackdown on Khalistani supporter Amritpal Singh in Punjab.
The probe agency released two lists of 54 individuals who are wanted in the investigation of two cases.
Delhi: The official said the key terror conspirator had been absconding since 2020, when he was accused of indulging in ISIS propaganda activities and planning terrorist acts.
The case was initially investigated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), which apprehended Munna Singh in 2015.
According to the police, Riyaz Maroof was under probing agencies scanner after his name surfaced in the Phulwari terror model case and since then the investigating agencies were keeping an eye on it.
The official said it had been conducting recces for this purpose and had also been raising funds for furthering ISIS activities by committing a series of illegal activities, including dacoities in the state.
In a statement, Doda Police said that it has produced the chargesheet under UAPA Act in designated Fast Track NIA Court against 8 terrorists.
NIA said that the accused Mohammed Azarudeen alias Azar is the thirteenth person to be arrested in the case. Azarudeen was already in jail at the Viyyur high-security prison in Thrissur, Kerala, in another case.
The duo fled to Mumbai and settled in Pune last year where they organised at least two training and fabrication workshops for IEDs last year.
At least eight people were killed and several others injured after a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
The NIA had registered the illegal drugs and arms trade case in July last year.
A special NIA court in Delhi sentenced two men for propagating anti-India agenda and ISIS terror activities in India.
The NIA had registered the Jabalpur ISIS mode case after it was learnt that the accused persons were actively disseminating ISIS propaganda through social media.
The case relates to the arrest of CPI (Maoist) cadres and the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the Peshrar police station in Lohardaga on February 21, 2022.
The NIA conducted raids in Jammu and Kashmir's Bathindi area and Shopian on Friday.
A total of 14 locations in Kannur, Malappuram, Dakshin Kannada, Nashik, Kolhapur, Murshidabad, and Katihar districts of the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Bihar were raided, according to the official.
Investigations have also exposed the sinister agenda of the PFI, which had been engaged in organising arms and terror training camps to train the radicalised youth in the use of weapons, swords and iron rods to wreak terror and vengeance on their ‘enemies’.
The NIA arrested Aakif Ateeque Nachan for his involvement in the fabrication and testing of IEDs after a series of raids were conducted in Borivali in Thane.
With this, the number of people arrested has gone up to eight in the case registered in June 2022, an official said.
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