NIA conducts searches in four States in cross-border arms smuggling case

The searches were conducted at four locations in Uttar Pradesh, two in Rajasthan, two in Bihar and three in Maharashtra as part of the investigation into a wider terror conspiracy aimed at triggering blasts in different parts of the country.

According to the NIA, several digital devices were seized during the operation and are being sent for forensic analysis to trace the full network involved in the conspiracy.

The case originated in February this year after the Punjab Police’s Special Operations Cell in Amritsar arrested a suspect allegedly carrying an IED packed in a metallic case along with a remote control set, a foreign-make .30 bore pistol with magazine, 20 live cartridges and a mobile handset.