Lucknow : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a house in Lucknow as ‘proceeds of terrorism’ after its investigation found that the property was being used by Al-Qaeda affiliated organization Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. NIA said on Wednesday that accused Minhaj Ahmed was using his house in Dubagga, Lucknow for various terrorist activities as part of a conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks in Uttar Pradesh. Had been . The property attached under Section 25 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is registered in the name of Minhaj’s father Siraj Ahmed, grandmother and uncle.
The NIA investigation found that Minhaj was working closely with terrorist Adil Nabi Teli @ Musa, affiliated with the Resistance Front (TRF), a branch of the banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. Musa was killed in an encounter with security forces in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on March 16, 2022. Musa is being investigated by the NIA in a case related to radicalization/recruitment of members for Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). After the relationship came to light, Minhaj was taken to the agency. The NIA found that Minhaj had provided funds to his co-accused for the purpose of carrying out violent terrorist activities in Kashmir.
The accused had procured some raw material and components for making the IED in a pressure cooker, which was recovered from the attached property on Monday. The NIA on Wednesday said Minhaj had also prepared a sample IED using a small quantity of material and carried out its controlled explosion or test on the rooftop of an attached house.
Minhaj made IED and recorded video of the explosion
The Central Investigation Agency found that Minhaj had recorded a video of the construction of the IED as well as its controlled explosion and sent it to Musa. He had also prepared a petrol bomb and shared a video of its making with Musa. Minhaj also purchased a pistol and live ammunition and hid them in his room on the first floor of the said house. The case was registered by UP ATS on July 11, 2021 and re-registered by NIA on July 29, 2021 I went . NIA has so far arrested six accused in this case.