According to sources within the agency, incidents involving the murdering of civilians, the targeting of security forces, and the propagation of communal strife extend beyond those reported over the past year; the agency is taking all of this into account.

It is pertinent to note that the NIA has assumed responsibility for the case of civilian killings in the Dhangri area of Rajouri, where seven civilians were killed in twin terror attacks on January 1 and 2, 2018, with the intent not only to target minorities but also to spark communal clashes in the Jammu region. The perpetrators of the atrocious crime are still at large, possibly in Rajouri’s upper reaches.

Earlier in December 2022, the NIA conducted searches at 14 locations across Jammu and Kashmir, in the Districts of Kulgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Sopore, and Jammu, in the same case involving a criminal conspiracy to carry out terrorist and subversive activities hatched by the cadres and OGWs of various proscribed organisations and their affiliates/offshoots, operating under various pseudo names, at the behest of their Pakistani commanders/hand They employ cyberspace to carry out terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, targeting minorities and security personnel and sowing communal discord.

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Various incriminating materials, including digital devices, SIM cards, and digital storage devices, were seized from the searched premises during the subsequent inspections.

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The citizens of Kottaimedu in Coimbatore city awoke on October 23, 2022 at dawn to the sound of a car explosion that had taken place in front of Sangameswarar Temple the previous day, which was the day before Deepavali. Jameesha Mubin was determined to be the person who perished in the car explosion that occurred when one of the two LPG cylinders that were stored inside the vehicle went off. This discovery took place by nightfall.

In the initial stages of the investigation, the police detained six individuals from Coimbatore on various charges. These individuals were Muhammad Azharudheen, 23, Afsar Khan, 28, Muhammad Thalha, 25, Muhammad Riyas, 27, Firoz Ismail, 27, and Muhammad Nawaz Ismail, 25, all of whom were from Coimbatore. However, the suspected mastermind Mubin, 29, was killed in the explosion.

The National Investigation Agency is conducting searches at 16 locations in #Coimbatore in connection with its Investigation into the car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple on October 23, 2022. @THChennai pic.twitter.com/YL2UnZSRUY

— Wilson Thomas (@wilson__thomas) February 15, 2023

The National Investigative Agency (NIA) asserts that the suspects had been plotting the terrorist assault for a considerable amount of time prior to its execution. It was discovered by the investigators that Faaruq was the one who conducted the conspiratorial meetings that took place in February 2022 at the Hasanur and Kadambur sections of the Sathyamangalam forests in Erode. Other participants were Mubin, Azharudheen, Hidayatullah, and Ali.

Shareeq, who allegedly attempted to manufacture a bomb in September as well, was carrying a low-intensity IED when it detonated. A burned pressure cooker with batteries was discovered inside the vehicle.The Karnataka police stated that the explosion was not accidental, but rather a “terrorist attack with the purpose to do severe damage.”

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An organisation known as the “Islamic Resistance Council” claimed responsibility for the auto-rickshaw explosion.The letter, which was typed in English and printed with a photograph of Shareeq, stated that he “attempted to attack the Hindutva Temple at Kadri, a stronghold of Saffron terrorists in Mangalore.”

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