India, Sept. 29 -- New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting searches at 16 locations across Assam, West Bengal and Keralam in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy tied to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) offshoot, radicalisation case of Assam.

Of the 16 places, 10 places are being searched in Assam, five locations in West Bengal and one in Keralam.

The move comes three months after the anti-terror agency filed charges against 11 accused persons in connection with the terror conspiracy orchestrated by the IMK. The accused were then charged under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act...