NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on the radicalisation and recruitment campaign of the ISIS, the NIA on Saturday carried out searches at 31 locations in the two southern States — Tamil Nadu and Telangana, and seized several digital devices and docu-ments, along with Indian currency worth Rs 60 lakh and $18,200. An anti-terror probe agency spokesperson said that the NIA was in the process of examining the data contained in the mobile phones, laptops and hard discs seized during the searches.
The official said, “Several incriminating books in Arabic and vernacular languages were also seized during the searches, in addition to Rs 60 lakh and $18,200.”
Meanwhile, an NIA source said that the team raided the residences of a few suspects in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tenkasi and questioned them for five hours. It also seized digital devices during the raid. The NIA has summoned some of the suspects for ques-tioning in the radicalisation and recruitment case on September 20 at its office in Chennai, the source added.
The official said the NIA team carried out the raids early in the morning at 22 locations in Coimbatore, three in Chennai and one in Kadayanallur, Tenkasi district in Tamil Nadu. It also searched five locations in Hyderabad and Cyberabad in Telangana.
The NIA registered a case under several sections of the IPC and of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, pertaining to clandestine operations by a group of individuals to radicalise gullible youth. (IANS)
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