Dungarpur: A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the house of an Islamic cleric in Galiakot area of Rajasthan's Dungarpur district and interrogated him for over seven hours.
The raid was conducted on the basis of inputs related to activities in connection with terrorist conspiracy and funding.
SP Monika Sen said the NIA team reached Galiakot in Chitari police station area of Dungarpur on Thursday and conducted a raid at the house of Maulana Salman. After which, Salman was taken to Chitari police station for questioning.
Salman is a resident of Hilon in Gujarat and teaches at a madrasa in a dargah located in Galiakot.
A six-member team of NIA officials interrogated Salman for about seven hours in the police station. No official confirmation has been received as to what was recovered in the raid. But, it is being told that NIA seized Salman's mobile phone from his house. The phone is now being examined and action will be taken accordingly, sources said.
#WATCH | National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting searches at 19 locations in J&K, Assam, Maharashtra, UP and Gujarat in a case linked to radicalization of individuals associated with Jaish-e-Mohammed, and the dissemination of terrorist propaganda.
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Notably, NIA is conducting searches at 19 locations across five states in connection with Jaish-e-Mohammed related activities and dissemination of terrorist propaganda. Several suspected hideouts were raided in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir.
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