NIA Starts Investigation Into Bengaluru Communal Violence
NIA starts an investigation into Bengaluru communal violence, two FIRs registered in the case: Bengaluru violence. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation into two incidents of communal violence in Bangalore on the night of 11 August.
The violence was triggered by an attack on the house of a Congress MLA following an objectionable post on social media. An NIA spokesperson said on Tuesday that the Anti-Terrorism Investigation Agency has registered two FIRs in the case.
NIA starts an investigation, the team led by an IG rank officer is in Bangalore in connection with the investigation. Both these cases are in relation to the communal violence in the DJ Halli and KG Halli police station area of Bangalore.
Officials said that both these cases have been registered by Karnataka Police for causing damage to public property and under UAPA.
The incident erupted in Bangalore at 8 pm on August 11 when around a thousand people attacked and vandalized the house of Congress MLA Akhand Srinivas Murthy. After this, the police stations in the area were destroyed.
The main accused of the 2008 Bangalore blast was arrested from Kerala
On the other hand, Bangalore’s Anti-Terrorism Cell has arrested two accused from Thiruvananthapuram in connection with the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Bengaluru.
Joint Commissioner of Central Crime Branch Sandeep Patil said on Tuesday that Bangalore’s Anti-Terrorism Squad along with central agencies arrested Shoaib and Gul Nawaz. Shoaib was instrumental in the 2008 Bangalore bomb blast.
Shoaib, a resident of Kannur in Kerala, was absconding since the attack. He returned from Riyadh yesterday along with his partner Gul Nawaz. Gul Nawaz is a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating gold smuggling in Kerala, reached the office of an autonomous institution and inquired about the Quran distribution case brought with diplomatic goods from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Meanwhile, a special court has sent Swapna Suresh, accused in the gold smuggling case, to four-day NIA custody. Another accused Sandeep Nair got bail in the case. According to sources, the investigating agency reached the Kerala State Center for Advanced Printing and Training Office in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning.
He inquired from an officer and driver about the distribution of the Quran brought from the UAE Consulate. The NIA has taken this step recently. Raised after questioning T. Jalil. The inquiry came after the so-called terror aspect surfaced in the gold smuggling case.
Many opposition parties, including BJP, have taken to the streets on this matter. They allege that gold has been smuggled on the pretext of bringing the Quran. It is being said that the Quran consignment was brought to the State Center for Advanced Printing and Training Office before distribution.
