Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), who had seized electronic gadgets, including mobile phones and laptops, after raiding the residences and offices of some members of the ‘Shahadat (martyrdom) is our goal’ WhatsApp group, have sent them to the Knowledge Resource Centre (KRC), a division of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), for retrieval of data. NIA sleuths had seized the electronic gadgets in May. The accused were active in an exclusive WhatsApp group and had conspired to raise funds to procure arms to eliminate those who spoke against Islam. NIA sleuths are likely to proceed further based on the data retrieved from the electronic gadgets, sources said. The sleuths had also seized a lot of ‘incriminating documents’, literature and books on IS, Jihad and Shahadat during the searches.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2019 19:51 UTC