NIA raids in Bhatkal: Arrests one person over alleged ISIS links
Bhatkal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested one person after raiding two locations in Bhatkal, alleging he had links to ISIS leadership.
The arrested accused has been identified as Jufri Jawhar Damudi, a resident of Bhatkal.
According to the press statement issued by NIA, Jawhar was arrested in connection with a case registered at NIA PS New Delhi on 29 June 2021.
“The case pertains to the proscribed terrorist organization ISIS to radicalize and recruit impressionable Muslim youth in India to wage violent Jihad against the Indian state” the press release stated.
The NIA has alleged Jawhar as a cyber-entity ‘Abu Hazir Al Badri’ “a key operative of ISIS who is involved in the translation of Voice of Hind to South Indian languages and its further dissemination”.
The NIA has further added that Jawhar was in touch with ISIS leadership currently operating out of the Af-Pak region who provided him propaganda material and also gave directions for its dissemination.
The NIA claimed that during the searches on Friday, a large number of digital devices such as mobile phones, hard disks, SD cards, etc have been seized.
Two others were also questioned during the day-long operation by the NIA. The NIA team is still in Bhatkal and is further carrying their operation.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
