The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) Tuesday arrested three individuals, together with a jail psychiatrist and a Metropolis Armed Reserve ASI, following intensive searches in two districts of Karnataka within the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) jail radicalisation case of 2023.
The arrested individuals have been recognized as Dr Nagaraj, psychiatrist, Central Jail, Parappana Agrahara, Bengaluru, and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Chan Pasha and Anees Fathima, mom of an absconding accused.
In the course of the searches carried out at 5 areas in Bengaluru and Kolar district, numerous digital gadgets, money, gold and incriminating paperwork have been seized from the homes of the arrested accused and different suspects, the NIA mentioned.
The case pertains to the restoration of arms, ammunition, explosives and digital gadgets, together with two walkie-talkies, from ordinary offenders who have been conspiring to unleash terror actions in Bengaluru with the goal of furthering the nefarious agenda of LeT.
The NIA mentioned Dr Nagaraj was smuggling cell phones for jail inmates together with Thadiyantavide Nazeer, a life-term convict in terror instances lodged in Central Jail, Bengaluru. Nagaraj was supported by one Pavithra, the company mentioned.
In addition to homes of Nagaraj and Pavithra, the NIA additionally searched the home of Anees Fathima, mom of Junaid Ahmed, who, in accordance with the NIA, handed directions from Nazeer to her son for elevating funds and handing over the identical to Nazeer in jail.
The ASI, Chan Pasha, handed data associated to T Naseer’s escort from jail to varied courts in change of cash in 2022, the company mentioned.
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The NIA has already filed a chargesheet towards 9 accused, together with Junaid Ahmed, underneath numerous Sections of the IPC and UA(P) Act, Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act within the case. Efforts to trace the important thing accused, who is alleged to be residing overseas, are persevering with, the NIA mentioned.
The case
The Central Crime Department (CCB) of Bengaluru metropolis police in July 2023 raided a home in Kodigehalli, based mostly on a tip-off. The police then seized seven country-made pistols, 45 reside bullets, walkie-talkies and a few paperwork. The probe revealed that the radicalisation was being carried out contained in the jail. The case was later handed over to the NIA.