The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at 13 premises of suspects in six States in the ISIS module case.
The searches were conducted at Bhopal and Raisen districts in Madhya Pradesh, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Ahmedabad districts in Gujarat, Araria district in Bihar, Bhatkal and Tumkur City districts in Karnataka, Kolhapur and Nanded districts in Maharashtra and Deoband district in Uttar Pradesh, the NIA said in a statement.
The case was registered suo-moto by NIA on June 25 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language and Imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration besides relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
“The searches conducted today have led to seizure of incriminating documents/materials. Further investigations in the case are in progress,” the NIA said.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, the NIA conducted searches in Trivandrum in the Mayiladuthurai ICAMA Sathik case.
This case relates to the arrest of one Sathik Batcha alias ICAMA Sathik who was intercepted, along with four other accused who were driving in a black Scorpio vehicle at Nidur, Mayiladuthurai on February 21.
They were stopped by a police team tasked to secure accused in Mayiladuthurai police station case number 1601/2020 and case number 164/2022 and they attempted to run over the police party with the said vehicle.
The case was initially registered as FIR Number 165/2022 on February 21 and re-registered by NIA on April 30 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act besides Arms Act.
The searches led to seizure of digital devices and incriminating documents.