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.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already made it a poll issue.
The high court has allowed the agency to file it's petition and listed the matter for hearing today.
Alleging an "unholy alliance" between the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the BJP, the Trinamul Congress today said the Election Commission remains "conspicuously silent" on the issue.
According to reports, the East Midnapore police registered an FIR against the NIA team and CRPF officials based on a complaint from a woman who alleged assault and outrage to her modesty by the officers.
Earlier, a case was registered against the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team after Saturday's raid in West Bengal's East Medinipur district.
