Articles tagged under: NIA

NIA takes over cyber terrorism case involving Nadiad teen

July 05, 2025
NIA takes over cyber terrorism case involving Nadiad teen

Ahmedabad: The investigation into a high-profile cyberterrorism case involving 18-year-old Jasim Shahnawaz Ansari has been officially handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). As per directives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ahmedabad unit of the Gujarat ATS transferred the case to the NIA on Friday. Ansari, a resident of Nadiad, was arrested by Gujarat ATS for allegedly coordinating Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on over 50 Indian government websites between...Read More

NIA searches in Gujarat: Viramgam cleric questioned for links with terror group JeM

December 13, 2024
NIA searches in Gujarat: Viramgam cleric questioned for links with terror group JeM

Ahmedabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at around 19 locations in five states, including Gujarat. In Gujarat, the raid took place in Viramgam, Ahmedabad district, where a Muslim cleric was interrogated for suspected ties to the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). The searches occurred at 19 locations across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir as part of an investigation into the alleged activities of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), w...Read More

NIA conducts searches in 5 states including Gujarat in Jaish-e-Mohammed radicalisation case

December 12, 2024
NIA conducts searches in 5 states including Gujarat in Jaish-e-Mohammed radicalisation case

Ahmedabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) launched searches at 19 locations across Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat this morning. The operation is part of an ongoing investigation into radicalisation activities linked to the Pakistan-based, banned terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed. It is learned that in Gujarat, searches are being conducted in Sanand. The searches were based on information gathered from interrogating an arrested suspect and analysing e...Read More

Fake NIA cop caught while trying to enter agency office in Ahmedabad

August 03, 2023
Fake NIA cop caught while trying to enter agency office in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Gunjan Kantiya, a 31-year-old man, tried to convince his wife that he was a secret service agent by visiting the National Investigation Agency (NIA) office on SP Road in Jagatpur here on Tuesday. He entered the office with a fake ID while his wife waited in the car outside. However, the NIA officers quickly identified the fake ID and handed him over to the Gujarat ATS headquarters. Kantiya hails from Amreli and resides in Aalloa village of Gandhinagar's Mansa taluka, is the owner o...Read More

NIA questions minor boy from Surat in Ghazwa-e-Hind Case

July 03, 2023
NIA questions minor boy from Surat in Ghazwa-e-Hind Case

Surat: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted an inquiry of a 17-year-old youth from Surat in connection with the Ghazwa E Hind group, which is involved in anti-national activities and operated from Pakistan. NIA assisted by the SOG and PCB, the NIA team investigated the youth, who is the son of a mobile phone seller, for his involvement in the Ghazwa E Hind WhatsApp group. After a 4-hour inquiry, the NIA team seized the youth's mobile phone. In July 2022, the NIA arrested M...Read More

NIA picks up one for questioning in Surat in Ghazwa-e-Hind case

July 02, 2023
NIA picks up one for questioning in Surat in Ghazwa-e-Hind case

Surat: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has picked up a suspect from Surat in Gujarat. The suspect is being interrogated at present. His name is identified as Usman Ghani. Usman Gani is being interrogated in the Ghazwa-e-Hind case, which was registered by NIA last year at Phulwari Sharif police station in Bihar. The conspiracy to radicalize people using social media was busted in the course of this case. Ghazwa-e-Hind is associated with global terror outfit Al-Qaeda. NIA had interrogat...Read More

NFSU Gandhinagar and NIA to set up forensic labs for Pakistani drones

June 24, 2023
NFSU Gandhinagar and NIA to set up forensic labs for Pakistani drones

Gandhinagar: The National Forensic Science University (NFSU) of Gandhinagar and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be establishing three investigation laboratories in Kashmir to examine and analyze Pakistani drones that are being sent to the region. According to reliable sources at NFSU, the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is highly sensitive, with a recent surge in the recovery of Pakistani drones involved in drug trafficking, counterfeit currency circulation, and espionage...Read More

NIA charges 13 Pakistani nationals in Gujarat in arms, drugs and smuggling case

June 23, 2023
NIA charges 13 Pakistani nationals in Gujarat in arms, drugs and smuggling case

Ahmedabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has formally charged 13 Pakistani nationals in a 2022 case involving the smuggling of weapons and drugs across the Gujarat border to finance terrorist activities in India. According to the agency, Ten of the accused were arrested in December, along with a large amount of heroin, pistols, and other weapons. The seizure included 40 kg of heroin, six foreign-manufactured pistols, six magazines, 120 cartridges, as well as Pakistani identity cards...Read More

Ghazwa-e-Hind Case: NIA raids in Gujarat, two other States

March 23, 2023
Ghazwa-e-Hind Case: NIA raids in Gujarat, two other States

Gandhinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at seven locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh today as part of its ongoing investigation into the Gazwa-e-Hind case. In Gujarat, NIA raided and searched the house of a youth named Ashraf Vadiya in Ranpur of Botad and is now interrogating the suspicious youth in police custody. The case involves the radicalization of vulnerable youth through social media platforms to carry out violent terrorist acts. ...Read More

NIA conducts raids at 70 plus locations across 8 states, including Gujarat

February 21, 2023
NIA conducts raids at 70 plus locations across 8 states, including Gujarat

Kutch: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is currently conducting searches and raids at over 70 locations across several states. According to sources, the NIA recently searched the residence of Kulwinder in Gandhidham, who is a close associate of the infamous gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. In the latest development, as part of the ongoing raids, 11 pistols, rifles, and other electronic items have been found in separate locations. Kulwinder has allegedly been linked to the Bishnoi gang for...Read More