Bengaluru
NIA officials on Monday conducted simultaneous searches in many places across the country in connection with the case of illegal activities by Bangladeshi nationals as part of Al-Qaeda conspiracy.
NIA officials have raided 9 locations in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura and Assam and have arrested persons suspected of supporting and providing financial support to the Bangladesh-based Al-Qaeda network.
NIA officials said bank transaction records, mobile phones, digital devices and other evidence related to terror funding activities were seized during the search.
Background of the case: In 2023, the NIA had registered a case against Bangladesh-based al-Qaeda operatives conspiring as part of a plan to destabilize India. In November last year, NIA officials filed a charge sheet against Bangladeshi nationals Mohammad Sojibmian, Munna Khalid Ansari alias Munna Khan, Azrul Islam alias Jahangir or Akash Khan, Abdul Latif alias Mominul Ansari and Indian national Farid.
The accused, who had procured forged documents to conduct their activities in secret, were active in mobilizing vulnerable Muslim youth in India and inciting them towards the violent ideology of Al-Qaeda. And it is said that the NIA came to know during the investigation that they were collecting money and transferring it to Al-Qaeda.
