Four including lady arrested by NIA in ISIS related raids
New Delhi, Mar 15: The National Investigation Agency carried out raids in 7 locations at Delhi, Kerala and Karnataka in connection with an Islamic State related case.
The raids pertain bona new case registered by the agency around 48 hours back. The NIA has under its scanner 6. To 7 persons. They were being monitored for nefarious activities by the intelligence, sources tell OneIndia.
The source also added that 5 persons were apprehended by the NIA and further investigation is one.
The arrested include four men and one lady. Sources say that 7 more persons are under the scanner.
The NIA officials learnt that these individuals were in touch with some Pakistan based elements through the social media. They were being persuaded to carry out attacks locally. Further they had also received training online, the source cited above also said.
In Delhi, raids were carried out at the Jafrabad area. In Bengaluru, NIA sleuths carried out searches at two locations, while in Kerala, raids were carried out at Kochi.