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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
