Overview
- NIA questioned Dr. Shaheen Shahid and is tracing seven bank accounts and transactions as agencies probe alleged grooming of women for fidayeen roles.
- Delhi Police Special Cell and J&K Police raided Al Falah University and other sites, seizing devices and financial records while examining suspected zakat-linked funding streams.
- Counter-Intelligence Kashmir arrested Dr. Umar Farooq Bhatt and his wife in Srinagar under NIA Act warrants and seized phones, SIM cards, a tablet and documents over alleged online extremist activity.
- U.S. immigration officials apprehended Anmol Bishnoi in Los Angeles using false papers, notified the FBI and Indian agencies, and he is being brought back to India for prosecution.
- Regional tensions sharpened as China warned Japan over Taiwan, a Chinese consul's violent social-media post drew backlash, and armed Chinese coast guard ships moved near the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands.