Pak-operated Ghazwa-e-Hind case: NIA conducts raids in 3 states
Abhishekh Awasthi.
Searched five places in connection with the case lodged last year.
New Delhi, July 2 : Officials claimed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches on numerous sites across three states on Sunday in connection with a case against the “Ghazwa-e-Hind,” a radicalized module managed by Pakistan-based suspects. The NIA searched five places in connection with the case lodged last year, including two in Patna and one in Darbhanga (Bihar), as well as one each in Surat (Gujarat) and Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh). It stated that incriminating information, including digital devices like mobile phones and memory cards, SIM cards, and papers, were recovered during searches conducted at suspects’ homes in three states.
On July 14, last year, Bihar Police arrested Marghoob Ahmad Danish alias “Tahir” of the Phulwari Sharif district of Patna. Eight days later, the NIA took over the case. On January 6, Danish was charged under several provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. “The accused was discovered to be a member of the Ghazwa-e-Hind module, which was operated by Pakistan-based operatives with the goal of radicalizing impressionable youth for the establishment of Ghazwa-e-Hind over Indian Territory. Investigations revealed that Danish was the admin of the WhatsApp Group ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind,’ which was created by a Pakistani national named Zain. He had recruited numerous Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Yemenis to the group with the intention of forming sleeper cells in the country to carry out terrorist actions, according to the agency.
The accused was accused of creating Ghazwa-e-Hind social media groups on WhatsApp, Telegram, and BiP Messenger. “He also started another WhatsApp group called ‘BDGhazwa E HindBD’ and added Bangladeshi nationals to it.” According to the NIA, further investigations revealed that numerous suspects in the case were in communication with Pakistan-based handlers and were active in spreading the ideology of Ghazwa-e-Hind.