Ghazwa-e-Hind NIA Probe: Terrorist organization AQIS active
in Assam, strictness of Home Ministry, now NIA investigation
Ghazwa-e-Hind will come under the purview of NIA Probe. The
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed the National Investigation Agency
(NIA) to trace the module after receiving inputs from the deep network
operating in various districts of Assam by Al-Qaeda (AQIS) in the Indian
sub-continent. assigned the responsibility of.
The NIA FIR clearly mentions that the module of
AQIS was "active in different districts of Assam". It also had links
with Bangladesh-based terrorist organization Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
AQIS, a branch of the banned terrorist organization Al-Qaeda founded in 2014,
is reportedly active in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Burma and Bangladesh. The
group is accused of trying to wage AQIS jihad to establish an Islamic state in
the country.
According to the NIA FIR, the module of AQIS is aimed at
"propagating terror in Indian territory, radicalizing like-minded youth
and recruiting like-minded youth to wage war against India. AQIS 'rules' the
democratically elected government." Establishing and planning to uproot
it.
AQIS has also planned to wage 'Khilafat' (Shariah Law) in India as well as to wage war
against Bangladesh on friendly terms with India and implement 'Gazwa-e-Hind' with the
help of Indian recruits.
According to the NIA, 'Gazwa-e-Hind' is a term used by terrorist organizations to justify their
audacious terror
attacks besides portraying the war against India as religious and sacred. The Ghazwa-e-Hind NIA
Probe has been ordered by the Ministry of Home Affairs at a time when Indian authorities destroyed
two madrassas in Assam allegedly planning to carry out "jihadi" activities. A madrassa in Assam's
Barpeta district was destroyed on August 29.
It was claimed that the madrasa was used as a training center by AQIS. The second madrasa in Bongaigaon
district was demolished on August 31 last. A week ago, a teacher of Bongaigaon madrassa was arrested on suspicion of links to AQIS.
According to news agency ANI, the Ministry of Home Affairs and NIA had received information that a module of Al-Qaeda in the Indian
Subcontinent (AQIS) was active in various districts of Assam as well as in Goalpara. Subsequently, the NIA started investigation based on
a case originally registered on August 20 at Matia police station in Goalpara district of Assam. NIA 26 September 2022
The case was re-registered under the charges of sections 120B, 121 and 121A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A case was also registered
under sections 18, 18B, 19 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Anti-Terrorism Agency- NIA started investigation
on 23 September following the order received from Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization (CTCR) of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).