GUWAHATI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting searches at 16 locations across Assam, West Bengal and Kerala in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), an offshoot of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in an extremism and radicalisation case in Assam.
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Of the 16 locations, 10 are being searched in Assam, five in West Bengal and one in Kerala, media reports said on Tuesday, quoting officials.
The NIA had filed a chargesheet against 11 accused persons in connection with a terror conspiracy orchestrated by the offshoot of the proscribed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist organisation.
The accused were charged under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in the chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court in Guwahati, Assam.
NIA investigations had revealed the active involvement of the accused in the conspiracy of Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), a manifestation of JMB, to expand the terror outfit's ideology in West Bengal and the northeastern states of India, including Assam and Tripura.
According to the NIA, the conspiracy involved promoting the terrorist organisation's extremist agenda, radicalising vulnerable youth and expanding the outfit's network in India.
Investigations by the anti-terror agency showed that JMB's senior member Imam Mahmud Habibullah had established IMK to promote the banned outfit's agenda on Indian soil.
NIA investigations had further revealed that the 11 chargesheeted accused had conspired to expand the presence of IMK/JMB in India through clandestine meetings, religious indoctrination programmes, circulation of extremist literature and the use of digital platforms for anti-India propaganda.
"They were promoting allegiance to the leadership of IMK/JMB. Two of the key chargesheeted accused have been identified as Nasimuddin, who was spearheading IMK's activities in Assam, and Jagir Mia, who was leading the outfit in Tripura. During the course of investigation, NIA uncovered a trail of incriminating documents, electronic devices and digital records, which were used to build the case against the accused," the NIA had said in June 2026.
