A file image of the Bengaluru Central Prison.|Image Credit: The Hindu
The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, released several raids throughout 7 states in connection with a case associated to radicalisation of detainees by a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist in Karnataka, an authorities stated.
The raids, being carried out in connection with the Bengaluru jail radicalisation case, are underway at 17 locations throughout 7 states and additional information are waited for, the authorities stated.
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NIA charge-sheet
In January, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had actually submitted a charge-sheet versus 8 individuals in the event. The charge-sheeted implicated consisted of T. Naseer of Kerala’s Kannur, who is serving life sentence in the main jail in Bengaluru given that 2013, and Junaid Ahmed alias “JD” and Salman Khan, who are presumed to have actually run away abroad.
The case was initially signed up by the Bengaluru Police on July 18 in 2015 following the seizure of arms and ammo, hand grenades and walkie-talkies from 7 of the implicated individuals. The seizure was made when the 7 guys remained in your house of among the implicated.
According to the NIA, which took control of the case in October in 2015, the examinations exposed that Naseer, who was associated with a number of blast cases, had actually can be found in contact with the other implicated while they were all lodged in the Bengaluru jail throughout 2017.
Naseer had actually handled to get all of them moved to his barrack after a cautious evaluation of their possible with a view to radicalise and hire them into the proscribed horror group, LeT.
The firm had actually stated he initially handled to radicalise and hire Ahmed and Khan to enhance the activities of the LeT. Afterwards, he conspired with Ahmed to radicalise and hire the other implicated, the authorities stated.
Hindered horror plot
He likewise conspired with Khan to provide arms, ammo, hand grenades and walkie talkies to the others as part of a plot to perform a “fidayeen (suicide)” attack and aid Naseer escape from authorities custody enroute to court, the authorities stated.
Ahmed likewise advised his co-accused to take secondhand authorities caps for the attack and to devote arson on federal government buses as a practice run. The plot was foiled with the seizure of the arms in July in 2015.