LUCKNOW, July 9 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at three residential premises in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr as part of coordinated raids at 20 locations across the country in a case linked to an alleged online terror radicalisation network involving the banned terrorist organisations ISIS and AQIS.

The searches in Bulandshahr began around 8 am at the homes of three brothers in the Inta Rori locality, where an NIA team from Visakhapatnam, assisted by local police and central security forces, simultaneously searched the homes of three brothers. The operation continued for over four hours and concluded around 12.30 pm.

According to the NIA, the case relates to an alleged conspiracy to establish a...