Jammu, July 8 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out coordinated searches at 20 locations across 10 states and the national capital as part of its ongoing investigation into an alleged online terror radicalisation network accused of promoting the ideology of the banned terrorist organisations ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) to recruit and indoctrinate vulnerable youth.
The nationwide operation was conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and the Union Territory of Delhi in connection with case RC-01/2026/NIA/VSKP, which pertains to a conspiracy aimed at establishing an Islamic State in India through violent jihad a...