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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified 43 Khalistan supporters, allegedly involved in violence at the Indian High Commission in London during a protest on March 19 and also who allegedly targeted the Indian Consulate in San Francisco on July 2.
According to the NIA, the attacks on the High Commissions of India in Ottawa and London, as well as on the Consulate General of India, San Francisco, US, also remained the focus of the NIA actions on offences against Indian interests abroad through the year, which witnessed more than 50 raids and searches as part of the agency’s efforts to unravel the conspiracy behind the attacks on Indian Missions abroad.
“The attacks involved criminal trespass, vandalism, damage to public property, and attempts to cause hurt to Indian officials and damage the Consulate building through acts of arson. NIA has used several innovative methods of
investigation, including crowd sourcing of information while investigating the larger conspiracy of attacks on Indian Missions, which resulted in identification of 43 suspects. The NIA has stepped up its investigation in these cases in recent months and examined more than 80 persons in India suspected to be part of the conspiracy of the attacks,” an NIA spokesperson said.
Sharing details of their overall conviction rate, the spokesperson said the agency has maintained a robust overall conviction rate of 94.70 per cent, underscoring the efficacy of its investigational and prosecution expertise, effectiveness and prowess. Last year, the overall conviction rate was 94.39 per cent.
“The NIA had this year arrested 625 persons as compared to 490 in 2022 — a nearly 28 per cent increase. Among 625, 65 were arrested in ISIS cases, 114 for jihadi terror cases, 45 in human trafficking cases, 28 for terrorist and organised criminal activity and 76 in Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) cases,” the spokesperson said.
“NIA registered a total of 68 cases in 2023, covering a wide spectrum of terror-related incidents. These encompass 18 jihadi terror cases in multiple states, three cases from Jammu and Kashmir, 12 of LWE, seven cases involving terrorist and organised criminal activity in Punjab, five cases of the Northeast, and two cases related to Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN),” the spokesperson added. In 2022, NIA had lodged 73 cases, 19.67 per cent increase from the 61 cases registered in 2021, and is an all-time high for the agency.
“The number of persons chargesheeted and convicted stood at 513 and 74, respectively, as against 459 and 79 in 2022,” the spokesperson said, adding that the NIA managed to track down and arrest 47 absconders in 2023, 14 more than last year.
An official said the Union Home Ministry has handed over 324 cases to the NIA from December 1, 2018, to November 30, 2023.
“In 2022, the NIA had attached a total of 37 properties worth Rs 10.53 crore, while in 2023, the figure went up to 240, including 156 bank accounts with a total value of Rs 55.90 crore, especially in cases related to Jammu and Kashmir. These properties belonged to the accused and suspects involved in terrorism, LWE, explosives and other prominent cases. The attachments, made under various provisions of UA(P)A, included 12 properties — of which 4 were bank accounts — worth Rs 1.5 crore, of six listed ‘individual terrorists’,” the spokesperson said.
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