Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting searches at 17 locations in seven states on Tuesday in the Bengaluru jail radicalization case. The search follows the Rameshwaram cafe blast case in Bengaluru last weekend, in which around 10 people were injured, one of whom suffered 40 per cent burns and is in the ICU. The central agency had in December last year conducted raids at several locations in Bengaluru in a case related to radicalization of some prisoners by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and life imprisonment T Nazeer, who was featured in the 2008 serial Was arrested for his involvement. Blasts in the city and is currently lodged in Bengaluru Central Jail. Subsequently, the NIA had raided 19 locations in four states, including 11 locations in Karnataka, in connection with the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) network case and allegedly busted a “highly radicalized jihadi”. network. In Karnataka, the Central Anti-Terrorism Agency had raided locations in Bengaluru and Ballari district. Apart from Karnataka, NIA had raided four places in Jharkhand, three in Maharashtra and one in Delhi. During the raid, the NIA reportedly recovered some incriminating material including unaccounted cash, digital devices, sensitive documents and some ammunition. Sources said the investigation so far into the ISIS network in India has revealed the involvement of some foreign masters who are radicalizing vulnerable Muslim youth to conduct terrorist activities in their areas and create a sense of instability. In July last year, Bengaluru city police, on inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB), had busted an alleged terror module in Bengaluru and arrested five terror suspects who were allegedly radicalized by Nazir. The suspects – Syed Suhail Khan, 24, Mohammed Umar, 29, Zahid Tabrez, 25, Syed Mudasir Pasha, 28, and Mohammed Fazil, 30 – were working as mechanics and drivers and were first arrested by the RT Nagar police in this case. Was arrested. Kidnapping and murder of Noor Ahmed, a businessman, along with main accused Junaid Ahmed in 2017. Ahmed is said to have fled India and was reportedly last seen in the United Arab Emirates. Important evidence including seven country-made pistols, 45 live cartridges, walkie-talkie was recovered from the raid and arrests. The set, consisting of a dagger, 12 mobile phones and four live grenades, were not manufactured in India, the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police had said. Terrorist module was revealed in the investigation Nazir had allegedly radicalized a gang of hardened criminals Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, which in turn further radicalized Young to put together said module.
Bengaluru jail radicalization case: NIA raids multiple locations in 7 states
