The National Investigation Agency conducted raids in seven locations in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore in connection with an Islamic State (ISIS) module case.
According the Media reportes, The raids were conducted after the investigating agency filed a fresh case in connection with an ISIS module.
During the probe, the agency found that the leader of ISIS module was friends with Zahran Hashim (Sri Lankan blast alleged mastermind) on Facebook.
Searches are being held in Anbu Nagar, Podanur, and Kuniyamuthur areas of the city, along with other places. Raid are currently underway.
In April this year, the NIA had arrested Riyas Aboobacker in connection with the terror module case. According to the investigating agency, Aboobacker was allegedly planning suicide attacks at international tourist destinations in Kerala. He was arrested from Palakkad.
The 29-year-old is said to have followed the speeches and videos of Sri Lankan Sunday Easter bombing mastermind, Zahran Hashim, till he was arrested. It has been said that he was preparing himself mentally to become a suicide bomber.
The raids were conducted months after nine suicide bombers, including a woman, carried out a series of blasts in Sri Lanka in which 253 people were killed.
Following the blasts, a two-member team of the NIA visited Sri Lanka to hold discussions with authorities about a probe in the Easter Sunday bombings over claims that some terrorists, owning allegiance to ISIS, had travelled to India, including Kashmir.
NIA conducts raid on 7 locations of TN’s Coimbatore for connection with ISIS module case
