NEW DELHI: As many as 43 suspects were identified in cases related to vandalism on Indian high commissions in UK, US and Canada, thanks to the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) efforts at crowd-sourcing of information. Also, as part of its stepped up investigations into these cases in recent months, the agency carried out more than 50 raids and searches and examined 80 people in India for alleged links to the conspiracy behind the attacks.
Sharing this update as part of an year-end review, the NIA said it has scored an overall conviction rate of 94.7%, arrested 625 accused and ensured the attachment of 240 assets, including 156 bank accounts, all worth around Rs 56 crore, in 2023 as part of an intensified and focused fight against terrorists, gangsters, drug smugglers, human traffickers and other criminals working against national interests.
The NIA said its scaled-up operations across India in 2023 saw a 28% rise in arrests from 490 in 2022 to 625 this year. While 65 accused were arrested this year in ISIS cases, 114 were arrested for jihadi terror cases, 45 in human trafficking cases, 28 for terrorist and organised criminal activity and 76 in Left-wing Extremism-related (LWE) cases.
The agency registered 68 cases in 2023, including 18 related to jihadi terror across multiple states, three related to J&K, 12 related to LWE, seven involving terrorist and organised crimes in Punjab, five cases concerning the north-east region and two related to fake Indian currency notes.
The number of people chargesheeted and convicted in NIA cases stood at 513 and 74 respectively, as against 459 and 79 in 2022. The NIA managed to track down and arrest 47 accused in 2023, 14 more than last year. Also, arrests were made upon deportation and extradition – those in the net include Amritpal Singh alias Ammy, Amrik Singh, Manpreet Singh alias Peeta and Mandeep Singh deported from the Philippines. Vikram Brar was arrested upon deportation from the UAE.
The number of searches and raids by the agency also recorded a significant increase, going up from 957 in 2022 to 1,040 in 2023.
NIA attached properties and assets worth Rs 56 crore, up from Rs 10.5 crore in 2022. The 12 properties, worth Rs 1.5 crore, attached in 2023 belonged to six listed ‘individual terrorists’.
Dismantling of the terrorist-gangster nexus by the NIA saw the registration of two cases, chargesheeting of 55 people, 253 raids, 27 arrests and attachment of 18 properties in 2023.
Crackdown on cadres and sympathisers of the banned CPI (Maoist) and People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) brought about the arrest of Dinesh Gope, supremo of PLFI that is a splinter group of CPI (Maoist), in May.
Six individuals, Mohammed Amin Khubaiab, Arbaz Ahmad Mir, Dr Asif Maqbool Dar, Arshdeep Singh Gill, Harwinder Singh Sandhu and Lakhbir Singh Landa, were designated as ‘individual terrorists’ in 2023, as proposed by the NIA. Also, four terrorist organisations – The Resistance Force (TRF), People’s Anti-Fascists Front (PAFF), Jammu & Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) and Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF)) – were banned, again on the recommendation of the NIA.
Sharing this update as part of an year-end review, the NIA said it has scored an overall conviction rate of 94.7%, arrested 625 accused and ensured the attachment of 240 assets, including 156 bank accounts, all worth around Rs 56 crore, in 2023 as part of an intensified and focused fight against terrorists, gangsters, drug smugglers, human traffickers and other criminals working against national interests.
The NIA said its scaled-up operations across India in 2023 saw a 28% rise in arrests from 490 in 2022 to 625 this year. While 65 accused were arrested this year in ISIS cases, 114 were arrested for jihadi terror cases, 45 in human trafficking cases, 28 for terrorist and organised criminal activity and 76 in Left-wing Extremism-related (LWE) cases.
The agency registered 68 cases in 2023, including 18 related to jihadi terror across multiple states, three related to J&K, 12 related to LWE, seven involving terrorist and organised crimes in Punjab, five cases concerning the north-east region and two related to fake Indian currency notes.
The number of people chargesheeted and convicted in NIA cases stood at 513 and 74 respectively, as against 459 and 79 in 2022. The NIA managed to track down and arrest 47 accused in 2023, 14 more than last year. Also, arrests were made upon deportation and extradition – those in the net include Amritpal Singh alias Ammy, Amrik Singh, Manpreet Singh alias Peeta and Mandeep Singh deported from the Philippines. Vikram Brar was arrested upon deportation from the UAE.
The number of searches and raids by the agency also recorded a significant increase, going up from 957 in 2022 to 1,040 in 2023.
NIA attached properties and assets worth Rs 56 crore, up from Rs 10.5 crore in 2022. The 12 properties, worth Rs 1.5 crore, attached in 2023 belonged to six listed ‘individual terrorists’.
Dismantling of the terrorist-gangster nexus by the NIA saw the registration of two cases, chargesheeting of 55 people, 253 raids, 27 arrests and attachment of 18 properties in 2023.
Crackdown on cadres and sympathisers of the banned CPI (Maoist) and People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) brought about the arrest of Dinesh Gope, supremo of PLFI that is a splinter group of CPI (Maoist), in May.
Six individuals, Mohammed Amin Khubaiab, Arbaz Ahmad Mir, Dr Asif Maqbool Dar, Arshdeep Singh Gill, Harwinder Singh Sandhu and Lakhbir Singh Landa, were designated as ‘individual terrorists’ in 2023, as proposed by the NIA. Also, four terrorist organisations – The Resistance Force (TRF), People’s Anti-Fascists Front (PAFF), Jammu & Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) and Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF)) – were banned, again on the recommendation of the NIA.
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