NIA conducts raids in Coimbatore over IS module

June 12, 2019 13:11

The National Investigation Agency is conducting raids at seven locations in Coimbatore in connection with an ISIS module case. Searches are being held in Anbu Nagar, Podanur, and Kuniyamuthur areas of the city, to name a few.

The raids, which began at 7 am today, are currently underway.

In April this year, the NIA had arrested one Riyas Aboobacker from Palakkad in Kerala in connection with the terror module case. According to the investigating agency, Aboobacker was allegedly planning suicide attacks at international tourist destinations in Kerala.

The 29-year-old is said to have followed the speeches and videos of Sri Lankan Sunday Easter bombing mastermind, Zahran Hashim, till he was arrested.

-- ANI

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