Terror-gangster nexus case: NIA files charge sheet against 12

The National Investigation Agency NIA on Tuesday filed its first charge sheet against 12 people found to having links with proKhalistan outfits and Pakistanbased conspirators in one of the three terrorgangster nexus cases being probed by the agencyThe agency is investigating 10 more people for their alleged role in the terror conspiracy including plans to eliminate certain leaders singers and businessmen to terrorise people extort money from them and create a sensation a spokesperson of the federal agency saidThe official said the investigation has revealed links of the chargesheeted accused with the proscribed Khalistan Tiger Force and its operative Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dala a listed Individual TerroristBesides being in contact with Pakistanbased conspirators the accused were in touch with proKhalistan elements based in Canada and other countries the spokesman saidThe charge sheet filed in a court here was against Gill Gaurav Patyal Sukhpreet Buddha Kaushal Choudhary Amit Dagar Naveen Bali Chhotu Bhat Asif Khan Jagga Takhatmal Tillu Tajpuria Bhupi Rana and Sandeep BandarThe charge sheet against them followed six months of extensive searches and examination of around 100 members of different organised crime support networks by the NIA at 91 locations in Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh and Delhi across 25 districts leading to the seizure of large amounts of incriminating materials the spokesperson saidThe NIA said it has also unearthed centres created for harbouring the gang members and stocking weapons for them in various places across Haryana and PunjabAround 20 weapons 527 rounds of ammunition 195 digital devices and 281 documents were seized in these raids and searches while three immovable properties and three movable properties have been attached under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActThe spokesperson said the case related to dismantling of the gangsterterror network along with their funding and support infrastructureAlso read UN Rapporteur media bodies call for immediate release of Kashmiri journalistThese gangs were conspiring to carry out targeted killings and were also raising funds to carry out these and other terror activities as part of a deeprooted conspiracy amongst terrorists gangsters drug smugglers and their networks operating from both within and outside the country the official saidThe NIA said it was revealed during the investigation that most of the accused were till recently operating their own separate gangs involved in extortion racketsThey initially transformed into a gangsters syndicate to expand their area of influence in other states but soon ended up in a deadly criminalterror nexus after being exposed to exploitation by terrorist elements Sophisticated weapons and availability of a large pool of cheap shooters made the gangsters syndicate an attractive choice for the terrorist outfits the official saidThe official said the case has also brought to light links of the gangsters with the music industry singers kabaddi players and advocates on the lines of the pre1993 Mumbai blasts era when extensive links of the underworld with the business people and the film industry had surfacedIt has further been found that family members of many of the gangsters lodged in prisons are helping them in carrying out extortion activities from behind bars the spokesperson saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever