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Published 11:56 IST, July 13th 2019

NIA conducts raids in four locations in Tamil Nadu on Kerala-based outfit after inputs from Intelligence Bureau

The National Investigative Agency is conducting raids at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu. It is conducting raids at four locations including two places in Chennai.- Mannady and Purasaiwakkam area.The raids are in relation to Wahadat Islam Organization. The other two raids are underway at two locations at Nagapattinam.

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The National Investigative Agency is conducting raids at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu. It is conducting raids at four locations including two places in Chennai.- Mannady and Purasaiwakkam area.The raids are in relation to Wahadat Islam Organization. The other two raids are underway at two locations at Nagapattinam.

An FIR has been already filed at Delhi in this case, A team headed by SP Rahul from Kochi is conducting these searches. The raids are happening based on the inputs they got from the International Bureau (IB).

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Initial information had revealed that they are searching for the places of Islamiya Hind, a Kerala-based organization. These raids are in continuation of the ones which happened at Kerala at the places of Islamic Hind Organisation.

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Earlier in June, the NIA had conducted raids in seven locations in Coimbatore in connection with the ISIS module case. Apart from the SDPI and PFI pamphlets, it seized four mobiles, 29 SIM cards, ten pen drives, three laptops, six memory cards, four hard disc drives and 13 CDs/ DVDs, 300 air-gun pellets, incriminating documents. The NIA officials carried out the raids after receiving a tip-off from other intelligence agencies. 

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This is a breaking story. It will be updated with the latest inputs.

 

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11:54 IST, July 13th 2019