Cracking down yet another IS terror module, NIA raids 10 places in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, May 21: Busting major terror modules, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been vigilantly keeping a check on terror related activities. After getting a tip-off about possible Islamic State terror modules operating in the state, the NIA conducted raids at 10 places in Tamil Nadu on Monday.

 

The complaint was initially reported at the Tamil Nadu police. Complying on the nature of raid, the raids were related to the setting up of terror modules by the Islamic State. This is not the first time such incident is taking place. Earlier the NIA had busted a terror module in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The National Investigation Agency was alarmed as they got a slight idea of several terrorists were trying to target a section of Hindu leaders, particularly from organisations such as the Hindu Munnani and also engaging in activities such as a collection of arms and ammunition and carrying out terrorist activities in Tamil Nadu. The information and the case were transferred to NIA.

The raids were conducted at Ramanathapuram, Salem and Chidambaram on Monday. Last month, NIA had conducted raids at the houses of four people in north Kerala in connection with investigations into the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka, in which 250 people were killed, and the ISIS had claimed responsibility.

According to the reports, the NIA had decided to carry out searches at the residences in Kasargod and Palakkad after evidence surfaced that the four individuals had allegedly followed the activities of Zahran Hashim on social media.

Sri Lankan authorities believe that Hashim was the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks. Aboobacker was one of the youths that was allegedly influenced by the ideologies of Hashim and purportedly planned to carry out a similar suicide attack in Kerala.