Overview
- Teams searched premises in West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Haryana and Gujarat under case RC‑19/2023/NIA/DLI.
- The probe centers on four Bangladeshi nationals who allegedly used forged Indian IDs, transferred funds to Al‑Qaeda operatives in Bangladesh and sought to radicalise youth.
- Investigators seized multiple digital devices and documents, which have been sent for forensic analysis.
- In Tripura’s Unakoti, searches focused on two locals suspected of fabricating identity papers; one, Paritosh Shil, says he was summoned to the NIA’s Ahmedabad office on November 20.
- No arrests were reported from Wednesday’s coordinated operations, and the inquiry continues following a chargesheet filed in November 2023 in the NIA Special Court, Ahmedabad.