In the investigation of Delhi blasts, NIA raided eight locations from Kashmir to Lucknow. The family members of Dr. Shaheen Shahid were interrogated in Khandari Bazaar, Lucknow. The agency is investigating the network and funding of the white-collar terror module.
NIA, which is busy in solving the mystery of Delhi blasts, is now rapidly strengthening its grip. As the layers of investigation started unraveling on Monday morning, the agency’s teams were seen active simultaneously from Kashmir to Lucknow. The commotion in the capital Lucknow increased when the NIA team reached the house of Dr. Shaheen Shahid’s father located in Khandari Bazaar for investigation. The presence of local police turned the entire area into a security cordon for some time.
Inquiry in Lucknow, inputs collected from family
NIA team interrogated the family members of Dr. Shaheen Shahid in Lucknow. It is being told that after getting some important clues related to the Delhi blasts, the investigating agency took this action to understand their role and contacts. A crowd of people gathered around the house and tension was clearly felt in the atmosphere. However, no concrete allegations related to this raid have been officially confirmed yet.
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Raid in Saharanpur also, search at the house of Dr. Adil Ahmed Rather
In UP, another NIA team conducted raids in Saharanpur. Extensive searches were also conducted at the residence of Dr. Adeel Ahmed Rather, who was arrested in the first week of November. The agency suspects that many links of the economic and technical network related to the Delhi blasts can reach these locations.
NIA busy searching for ‘white-collar’ terrorist module
The main objective of all these raids is to expose a special type of module which is called white-collar terror module. This module does not resort to conventional weapons or violence, but instead:
- financial fraud
- money laundering
- fraudulent transactions
- Funding terrorism through means such as misuse of digital transactions.
These networks are usually run by educated, technically proficient individuals, making them extremely difficult for security agencies to detect and dismantle.
New clues found from action at several locations
After raids in Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and other states, NIA has seized several digital devices, documents and records related to suspicious transactions. The investigation team is now conducting their forensic and technical investigation. At present, the agency has called it an important progress in the investigation of Delhi blast case.
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