The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided the premises of the key accused, including an undisclosed residential property of the main accused, Shri Niti alias Shri Nityanandam, in connection with the assassination attack with a bomb and knives/machetes in March this year.
A total of four premises were searched during the day in Puducherry and Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, leading to the seizure of digital devices (mobile phones), SIM cards, dongle, motorcycle and other incriminating documents, the NIA said in a statement.
The raids were part of the NIA investigation to untangle the complete conspiracy hatched by Nitiyanandam and the other accused and suspects.
The victim, Senthil Kumaran, was brutally murdered in front of Hariharan Sweet Stall located at Villupuram by six bike-borne assailants, who lobbed a country-made bomb to stun the victim before hacking him to death with machetes / knives.
The case was initially registered by Puducherry Police at Villianur police station. NIA had taken over the investigation after registration of the Villianur Bomb Blast Case to carry out further investigations. The various gadgets and documents seized during the raids are under examination and the NIA probe in the case continues, it added.
