NIA busts Tamil Nadu terror module planning attack

mangaloretoday.com

Chennai, July 13: The NIA on Saturday carried out searches at the house and office of accused Syed Mohammed Bukhari in Chennai city and houses of Hassan Ali and Harish Mohammed in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, the agency said in a statement.

The National Investigation Agency carried out four raids in Chennai and Nagapattinam district and busted a Tamil Nadu-based terror module who conspired to wage a war against the Government of India. The raids were conducted in a case pertaining to Ansarulla terrorist gang.

The NIA on Saturday carried out searches at the house and office of accused Syed Mohammed Bukhari in Chennai city and houses of Hassan Ali and Harish Mohammed in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, the agency said in a statement.

The investigation agency had learnt that all the three accused and their associates had collected funds and made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks with the intention of establishing Islamic rule in India.

A case had been registered against the three on July 9 under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and UA (P) Act after NIA received credible information that the accused persons were conspiring and conducted consequent preparations to wage war against the government.

During searches, the NIA have seized nine mobiles, 15 SIM cards, seven memory cards, three laptops, five hard discs, six pen drives, two tablets and three CDs/ DVDs besides documents including magazines, banners, notices, posters and books.