NIA files an FIR to probe terror attack on Gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul; Read more

New Delhi, April 02:National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed an FIR to probe the terror attack on a gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul last month. The case was registered under various provisions of Indian Penal Code and anti-terror law after the banned terrorist organisation, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed the responsibility for the terror attack. 

 

 

"As per the preliminary investigation, one Muhsin from Trikkaripur, Kasargod, Kerala and others who had joined ISKP, are suspected to have been involved in the terrorist attack", the agency said in a statement. This is the first case of its kind which NIA has registered as the recent amendments in NIA Act have empowered the agency to investigate terror cases which are committed at any place outside India against the Indian Citizens or affecting the interest of India.

 

Heavily armed gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a Sikh gurdwara in the heart of Kabul on March 25, killing at least 27 worshippers and wounding as many, in one of the deadliest attacks on the minority community in the country. The gunmen attacked the gurdwara in Shor Bazar area at about 7:45 a.m. (local time) as 150 worshippers were inside the building.

 

India, strongly condemning the terrorist attack had said that targeting of a religious place in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak reflected the diabolical mindset of the perpetrators and their backers. "We commend the brave Afghan security forces for their valorous response to the attack and their exemplary courage and dedication to protect the Afghan people and secure the country," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar added.