The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided multiple locations across six states in the country in connection with the digital Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propaganda magazine. The raids were carried out to bust the terror module actively involved in content creation as well as propagation of India-centric Islamic State (IS) magazine ‘Voice of Hind’.
The probe agency has detained more than 50 people who are being questioned for their alleged terror links. According to sources in NIA, the accused have links with the propaganda magazine ‘Voice of Hind’ and used to prepare online content for the magazine.
On Sunday, the investigative agency conducted searches at 13 premises of suspects in six states in connection with activities pertaining to ISIS. The agency conducted searches at Bhopal and Raisen districts in Madhya Pradesh; Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Ahmedabad districts in Gujarat.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said central agencies interrogated two men from Bhopal and Raisen who were allegedly involved in creating groups in the name of IS on social media, news agency PTI reported.
Apart from this, NIA carried out raids in Arariya district in Bihar, Bhatkal and Tumkur City districts in Karnataka, Kolhapur and Nanded districts in Maharashtra and Deoband districts in Uttar Pradesh.
The searches conducted led to the seizure of incriminating documents and material. The probe agency also conducted raids at multiple locations in Bihar including Nalanda district on Thursday in connection with the Phulwari Sharif case having links with the extremist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI).
