The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a significant operation in the Khoni Khadipar Gram Panchayat area near Bhiwandi in Maharashtra in the early hours of Monday, December 12. During the raid, an individual identified as Kamran Ansari, aged 45, was detained on suspicion of having connections with Jaish-e-Mohammed, an anti-national organisation based in Pakistan.
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NIA is also conducting raids at multiple locations, including Reasi, Budgam, and Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir, in connection with a terror-related case. NIA is conducting searches at 19 locations in J&K, Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in a case linked to the radicalisation of individuals associated with Jaish-e-Mohammed and the dissemination of terrorist propaganda.
The investigation agency was also conducting searches in Uttar Pradesh. During the search operation in Jhansi, locals staged a protest against the raid at the residence of Mufti Khalid in a case linked to the radicalization of individuals associated with Jaish-e-Mohammed and the dissemination of terrorist propaganda.