The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted massive raids in many states of the country simultaneously in the early morning. These raids are being conducted at a total of 22 locations including Bihar, UP and Haryana. This action is related to an FIR lodged recently by the Patna Zonal Office of NIA, in which the investigation into supply of illegal weapons and suspicious network is going on. According to NIA sources, in this case, the connection of the accused related to the blast that took place near the Red Fort in Delhi is also being investigated.
According to sources, NIA teams are conducting raids in many districts of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This action focuses on those networks about which the agency had received input that they were supplying weapons and other suspicious items through illegal means across the country.
How were the strings connected to the Delhi blast case?
Investigation has also revealed that the network of this gang active in North India is spread in many states and this network was on the radar of police and central agencies for a long time.
NIA sources say that this case is part of the investigation into elements related to a possible terrorist module. During the investigation of this FIR, the agency has found some important clues, on the basis of which the connections of the arrested or suspected accused in the Delhi blast case are also being investigated.
What is NIA looking for?
Investigators believe that this chain of illegal arms supply can be connected to the network involved in the Delhi blast case, hence the agency is moving forward with the investigation by linking both the cases parallelly.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that a large quantity of weapons were being transported illegally to Delhi-NCR through Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. NIA is searching on the basis of the list of many suspicious people. During the raid, the agency hopes to find digital devices, documents and other possible evidence that can expose this illegal supply chain.
