Ganesh Kendale
NEW DELHI: NIA Saturday conducted raids at 26 locations across five states in a case related to Pakistan-based jihadist group Jaish-e-Muhammed‘s conspiracy to radicalise and recruit individuals and motivate them to carry out attacks at several places across India.
One person – Sheikh Sultan Salah Uddin Ayubi, alias Ayubi – was arrested by NIA and several suspects detained for questioning during the searches that covered premises in Goalpara (Assam); Aurangabad, Jalna and Malegaon in Maharashtra; Meerut and Saharanpur in UP; Delhi; and Baramulla, Pulwama and Ramban in J&K.
Assam DGP G P Singh told TOI that 10 persons were detained in the raids at Goalpara. “They are being questioned by the NIA.”
NIA, in a statement after the raids, said the suspects whose premises were searched Saturday, “were engaged in radicalising individuals” and associated with JeM. They were allegedly involved in disseminating terror-related propaganda and radicalising and recruiting youth into a Jamaat outfit inspired by JeM. “These suspects were involved in motivating youth to commit violent terror attacks across India,” NIA said, citing findings of its investigations. NIA teams claimed to have seized incriminating documents, electronic devices, pamphlets and magazines.
