New Delhi: The NIA on Wednesday conceded that it didn't have evidence to connect suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah to the weapons found on him. The NIA made the statement during its concluding remarks in the case at a Delhi court. The agency, however, opposed the bail plea of Shah, who was arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital. The NIA opposed his plea saying that he has been booked under the provisions of stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and for offences under various sections, including waging war against the country, of the IPC.
Forty five-year-old Liyaqat was arrested on March 20 while crossing the Indo-Nepal border in Gorakpur with his family. Liyaqat contended that he had come to surrender under the Jammu and Kashmir government's rehabilitation policy. Delhi Police, which arrested him soon after he had crossed the border, said Liyaqat was involved in the conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in the capital ahead of Holi.
During an in-chamber hearing, District Judge IS Mehta allowed NIA's plea and directed it to collect blood and hair samples of Liyaqat on Thursday, court sources said. During the hearing, the court also reserved its order for May 17 on the bail plea of Liyaqat.
Sources said during the arguments, Liyaqat's counsel told the court that his client was returning to India via Sunauli border, one of India-Nepal crossing points near Gorakhpur, to surrender but he was arrested by the
05:21 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: The NIA probe into the killing of two Kerala fishermen is likely to be delayed as several key documents are being translated from Malayalam and Italian to English and the agency needs to question all foreign witnesses present on the Italian ship who left India long ago. Several key documents, including the FIR filed by the Kerala Police and log-book of ship 'Enrica Lexie', were either recorded in...
06:45 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of Supreme Court allowing NIA to conduct probe into killing of two Kerala fishermen, the agency will begin the inquiry afresh and question all foreign witnesses present on the Italian ship. Official sources said NIA, which slapped the stringent Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 against two Italian marines accused of killing the fishermen,...
08:37 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Italy has told the Supreme Court that it objects to the National Investigation Agency taking over the marines' case. Italy is concerned because the NIA is empowered to deal with maritime piracy and terrorism and serious charges under these can lead to a call for the death penalty. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had handed over the marines case to the NIA and a case was registered...
12:12 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recorded the statements of two wives of suspected Hizbul militant Liaqat Shah and family members of his associate Ashraf Mir in Jammu and Kashmir. A team of NIA officials recorded the statement of his wives in Kupwara while the family members of Mir were contacted in Bandipore, both areas in North Kashmir, sources said. They said the NIA also talked to and recorded the...
10:09 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The bail hearing of alleged Hizbul Mujahideen operative Liaqat Shah has been adjourned to April 25. Earlier a court in New Delhi had asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to present Shah before the agency's court in Patiala House. The court declined to hear the bail plea saying the NIA court has jurisdiction in the case. Shah was arrested from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on the March 20....
04:38 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: Notwithstanding NIA slapping murder charge against two Italian marines, India will honour the assurance given to Italy that the duo will not face death penalty for allegedly killing two fishermen off Kerala coast. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will not press for death sentence against the marines - Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone - as per the assurance given by India to Italy even if they are convicted...
10:57 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Abu Jundal, a suspected terrorist of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT) and one of the masterminds of Mumbai terror attack, was on Thursday chargesheeted by the NIA which accused him of making recruitment for the Pakistan-based terror outfit. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted its chargesheet before a designated court in Patiala House against Jundal, whose actual name is Sayed Zabiuddin, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
11:23 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad on Sunday said the ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe would establish whether Syed Liyaqat Shah "is a terrorist or innocent" ...
05:20 AM, Apr 01, 2013
National Investigation Agency (NIA) will conduct investigation into the Italian marines case, sources said on Saturday. The government is likely to issue notification of the same next week, sources added. ...
10:22 AM, Mar 30, 2013
The Hyderabad branch of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday lodged two first information reports (FIRs) in connection with the February 21 twin blasts. The development follows Centre's direction for hand-over of the case to NIA, sources said, adding that NIA, which had already started its probe, would continue it. FIRs (one for each blast) were registered under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and other Acts. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 14, 2013
The National Investigation Agency has detained four suspects from Munger in Bihar in connection with the Hyderabad blasts of February 2013. Earlier on Wednesday, a Delhi court remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad blasts case. ...
10:52 AM, Mar 14, 2013
A Delhi court on Wednesday remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts case. During an in-chamber hearing, district judge IS Mehta allowed the National Investigation Agency's plea seeking custodial interrogation of Rehman on the ground that it has to unearth the entire conspiracy which led to the bombings that claimed 16 lives, court sources said. ...
05:54 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Police on Friday said the face of one of the suspects of February 21 Dilsukh Nagar twin blasts case here was clearly captured by CCTV cameras and efforts are on to identity the person. "The face of one of the suspects with a bicycle has been clearly captured by CCTV cameras and the process is on for the identification of the suspect," Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police...
11:59 PM, Mar 08, 2013
The National Investigation Agency arrested one person from Vadodara on Thursday in connection with the 2007 Ajmer blasts case. Mafat Lal is said to be a suspected right-wing terrorist. Lal alias Mehul will be taken to a special NIA court in Jaipur which is hearing the case, official sources said. ...
04:38 PM, Mar 07, 2013
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal in the Hyderabad twin blasts case. The warrant has also been issued against nine other Indian Mujahideen suspects in connection with the blasts. ...
04:02 PM, Mar 05, 2013
With no breakthrough in February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukh Nagar here that left 16 dead and 117 injured, the Andhra Pradesh government on Monday decided to hand over the investigation to NIA. The decision to hand over the probe to the National Investigation Agency was taken at a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, state's Home Minister P Sabita Reddy told reporters. ...
08:10 PM, Mar 04, 2013
The National Investigation Agency, on Tuesday, moved a Delhi court seeking custody of two jailed alleged operatives of banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen for questioning over the Hyderabad twin blasts in which 16 people were killed. ...
04:46 AM, Feb 27, 2013
A 23-year-old engineering student was arrested on Sunday from Kheda in Gujarat for allegedly sending a fake e-mail in the name of his former friend and her relatives to some electronic media houses. The e-mail claimed responsibility for the last week's twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad. According to local police, the student, who appears to be mentally unstable, had even tried to implicate his friend and her family in the...
08:07 AM, Feb 25, 2013
As the probe into the Hyderabad twin blasts gets underway, the National Investigation Agency will be questioning 12 alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba members against whom a chargesheet was filed two days ago in Bangalore. The investigating agencies are not leaving any stone unturned and are trying to gather information from anybody who falls under the radar of suspicion. Eyewitnesses are also being questioned, while records at cyber cafes near the blasts sites...
03:07 PM, Feb 24, 2013
