Manipur hostage killing handed over to NIA: CM Biren Singh
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday confirmed that the case involving the killing of six hostages in Jiribam has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday confirmed that the case involving the killing of six hostages in Jiribam has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a wanted accused in a 2020 Kashmir narco-terror case linked with a conspiracy of the banned Pakistan-based terrorist organisations engaged in drug trade to raise funds for promoting terrorism, the agency said on Wednesday.
The central agency took over the investigation from the Manipur Police following instructions from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The property of Adil Manzoor Langoo was attached in connection with the brutal killing of two non-locals at Srinagar's Shala Kadal in February this year.
In an ongoing operation targeting suspected links to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has executed a coordinated series of raids across Tripura and Assam.
The case pertains to the arrest of 10 active cadres of a proscribed terrorist organisation, including 6 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, in March 2022.
Talking to media persons before leaving back to Delhi, Shah said that both (NIA and K&K Police) will also probe into the subsequent IED blast in a house, where 2 children were killed the next morning.
Taking into cognizance the allegations of vandalism and damage of property during the clashes, the NIA re-registered the case in October last year.
They have been charged under the UAPA for organizing terror training camps and recruiting people for terror activities.
The Nizamabad Police made the initial arrests and filed an FIR on July 4 and then the NIA took over the investigation.
