The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has searched 21 locations in five states and in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its probe in a terror conspiracy case linked with the ISIS and other terrorist organisations, officials said on Tuesday.
The searches were conducted in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, as well as Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday, they said. The NIA, which took over the case from the Kayar police in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu in June this year, seized several digital devices, including mobile phones, along with incriminatory documentary materials during the searches, according to an official statement.