NIA conducts searches in terror funding case of Al Qaeda through Bangladeshi nationals
The raids were carried out in J&K, Karnataka, West Bengal Bihar, Assam and Tripura
New Delhi, November 13
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at multiple locations across the country in connection with alleged activities promoted by some Bangladeshi nationals as part of the banned terror outfit Al-Qaeda.
The crackdown was carried out at nine locations linked with people suspected of supporting and funding the activities of Al-Qaeda. The raids were carried out in J&K, Karnataka, West Bengal Bihar, Assam and Tripura.
The officials seized several incriminating documents showing detailed banking transactions, digital devices, including mobile phones, and other evidence related to terror funding activities.
The searches were part of NIA’s ongoing investigations into a 2023 case pertaining to a conspiracy orchestrated by Bangladesh-based Al-Qaida operatives in collaboration with the arrested individuals. The conspiracy was aimed at propagating Al-Qaida’s terrorist activities and radicalising gullible youths in India, officials informed.
In November last year, the NIA filed a chargesheet against five accused, including four Bangladeshi nationals: Mohd Sojibmiyan, Munna Khalid Ansan alias Munna Khan, Azarul Islam alias Jahangir or Aakash Khan, and Abdul Latif alias Mominul Ansari and Farid, was an Indian national.
According to the NIA, the accused had procured forged documents to carry out their activities covertly. According to the NIA, they were actively involved in radicalising and motivating vulnerable Muslim youth in India, spreading Al-Qaeda’s violent ideology, collecting funds, and transferring these funds to the organisation.
In May this year, the NIA arrested a human trafficker, Jalil Miah, suspected to be a key mastermind in a case of trafficking of Bangladesh nationals and Rohingyas via borders of the Northeast region. The probe showed that he was closely associated with another man who had been charged, Jiban Rudra Pal, also known as Jibon or Suman. Additionally, it found links to two absconders, Juj Miah and Shanto.
The agency had previously arrested 33 people concerning a case initiated by the Assam Special Task Force (STF).
