The five were aware of processes & activities connected with proceeds of crime & were arrested under PMLA, ED informs court. Gets custody for six days.
Between December 2018 & November 2023, ministry handed 324 cases to counter-terrorism agency. Out of 84 judgments in cases NIA probed and chargesheeted since 2019, 81 were convictions.
Arrests made barely a week after similar action carried out in Maharashtra & Karnataka. Accused were circulating documents for 'recruitment of Mujahideen', says anti-terror agency.
While it's taking place in shadow of Pannun affair, FBI director's visit was planned 'well in advance' & has been in schedule of directors of intelligence agencies since May, it is learnt.
The two accused, currently under trial, are Fayaz Ahmed Itoo & Khursheed Ahmed Bhat. Seizures include four immovable properties, including ‘houses of Itoo & Bhat in Kulgam & Pulwama’.
Raids conducted in bid to unravel complete conspiracy behind 'criminal trespass, vandalism, damage to public property & attempts to cause hurt to the Consulate officials, set building on fire'.
Move comes 2 days after NIA announced it'll register a case against the organisation's founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun over his video warning Sikhs 'against flying Air India on 19 November'.
NIA said it, not Chhattisgarh Police, should look into conspiracy angle in 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack, as central agency was probing main FIR. The attack on Congress convoy had killed 29.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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