Tag: NIA
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NIA asks Zakir Naik to appear before it on March 14
Controversial televangelist Zakir Naik has been asked to appear before the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on March 14, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier reports had suggested that the controversial Islamic preacher would be recording his statement in a case of suspected money-laundering via video conferencing as the atmosphere was not conducive for Naik to return...
March 7, 2017 -
NIA asks Zakir Naik to appear before it on March 14
Controversial televangelist Zakir Naik has been asked to appear before the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on March 14, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier reports had suggested that the controversial Islamic preacher would be recording his statement in a case of suspected money-laundering via video conferencing as the atmosphere was not conducive for Naik to return...
March 7, 2017 -
ISIS man held by NIA for terrorist conspiracy
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kerala youth, Mouinudheen Parakadavath, 25, here for being part of an ISIS terrorist conspiracy in the country. The counter-terrorism agency said the youth hailing from Kasaragod district was questioned at the NIA headquarters when he arrived at the IGI airport from Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. During his examination,...
February 16, 2017 -
NIA visits train derailment site, toll is 41
The death toll in the train derailment in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district rose to 41 as NIA and CID teams visited the scene on Monday to study if there was sabotage. Two more bodies were recovered from one of the derailed coaches of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on Monday, police said. The tragedy occurred on...
January 23, 2017 -
Kanpur train derailment likely to be transferred to NIA
The Home Ministry is likely to hand over the Kanpur train derailment case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, sources said. The move follows the NIA's request to the ministry to transfer the case. On Wednesday, an NIA team reached Bihar's Motihari district to investigate the alleged role of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence behind...
January 19, 2017 -
NIA visits Bihar to probe Kanpur train derailment
An NIA team reached Bihar's Motihari district on Wednesday to investigate the alleged role of Pakistan's ISI behind the Indore-Patna Express train derailment near Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur that claimed over 100 lives. On Tuesday, Bihar Police arrested three people — identified as Moti Paswan, Umashankar Prasad and Mukesh Yadav — for their alleged role in...
January 18, 2017 -
Court allows conversion of old notes seized from IS suspect
A court here on Monday allowed Rs.2.83 lakh in demonetised notes, seized from a suspected Islamic State (IS) member by the NIA, to be converted into new currency notes. National Investigation Agency Special Court Judge Amar Nath directed Chief Investigating Officer to exchange the scrapped old currency notes with the new notes with certain conditions....
January 9, 2017 -
NIA files chargesheet against LeT operative
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against Pakistani national and suspected Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) member Bahadur Ali alias Saifullah, accused of attempting to attack security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The chargesheet accuses Ali of planning to carry out terror activities against India at the behest of the LeT. Ali, at present...
January 6, 2017 -
NIA asks banks to freeze accounts of Naik, IRF
Seeking to starve controversial preacher Zakir Naik and his organisation of funds, the NIA on Wednesday asked banks to freeze accounts belonging to him and his Islamic Research Foundation, which has been banned under the anti-terror law. Official sources said all the banks, where Naik’s and his organisation’s accounts were in operation, have been asked...
November 23, 2016