Anti Terrorism Squad

NDPS court convicts former IPS officer Saji Mohan to 15 years in jail for possessing, smuggling drugs

A special court on Monday convicted former IPS officer Saji Mohan for illegally possessing and smuggling drugs, sentencing him to 15 years in jail.

Malegaon blasts: Prosecution witnesses whose statements are truncated from chargesheet won't be examined for a week, says NIA

The NIA told the Bombay HC on the 2008 Malegaon blast case, that it would not examine for a week, the evidence of those prosecution witnesses whose names and statements have been truncated from its charge sheet.

Election Commission serves show cause notice to Sadhvi Pragya Singh over Hemant Karkare remark

Sadhvi Pragya Singh claimed that Karkare died during the attack as she had "cursed" him for torturing her when he probed the blast case as chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad.

Maharashtra ATS arrests Mumbra man on suspected Islamic State links: A look at issues plaguing the township

In a fresh arrest in the bid to bust the alleged Islamic State-inspired group, Maharashtra ATS picked up a 34-year-old man from Mumbra, a township on the outskirts of Mumbai. So far, the intelligence agency has taken ten people into custody.

Suspecting links with Islamic State, Maharashtra ATS arrests nine of a group from Thane, Aurangabad

The arrests followed searches in Amrut Nagar, Kausa, Moti Baug and Almas Colony areas in Thane's Mumbra township and in Aurangabad's Kaisar Colony, Rahat Colony and Damdi Mahal areas on Monday late night and Tuesday early morning.

Islamic State-inspired module planning to attack public places, prominent persons, says NIA after 10 arrests in Delhi, UP

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday busted a suspected Islamic State (IS)-inspired terror module following searches in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, arresting at least 10 people allegedly planning to attack crowded places and political personalities.

26/11 attacks 10th anniversary: Mumbai is safe, police can handle any terror threat, says Commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deven Bharti said, "After the 26/11 attacks, the state government has made efforts to secure the city."

2008 Malegaon blast case: Special NIA court defers framing of charges; Bombay HC to hear Purohit's appeal on 29 Oct

Six people were killed while more than a hundred got injured in the blast that took place on 29 September, 2008, in Maharashtra's Malegaon.

Suspected spy for Pakistan's ISI arrested at BrahMos unit in Nagpur; accused charged for allegedly leaking missile secrets

The suspected spy for Pakistan's ISI, Nishant Agrawal, arrested at the Nagpur BrahMos unit by the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra ATS, had been working at the facility for four years.

2008 Malegaon blast case: National Investigation Agency issues non-bailable warrants against two accused

Six people were killed while more than hundreds got injured in the blast that took place on 29 September, 2008 in the Muslim majority town of Malegaon.