The National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out raids at 17 locations in 7 states in connection with its investigation into the Bengaluru prison radicalisation case. T Naseer who is a life imprisonment convict and Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist has allegedly radicalised many individuals inside the Bengaluru central prison, provoking them to carry out terror attacks in the country.

A case has been registered by the Bengaluru City Police after the seizure of arms and ammunition which included 4 walkie talkies, 45 live rounds, 1 magazine, 4 hand grenades and 7 Pistols. The National Investigative Agency took over the investigation on 25^th October 2023 and carried out raids in the case on 13 December 2023.

It is not clear if NIA raids have any connection with Friday’s blast at Rameshwaram café in Bengaluru. According to reports the NIA will definitely look into the suspected links. The agency took over the investigation into the Rameshwaram café blast on Monday.

8 persons have already been charge-sheeted in the Bengaluru prison radicalisation case. Naseer the prime suspect in the case hails from Kerala’s Kannur and is serving a life sentence since 2013, while Junaid Ahmed and Salman Khan who are suspected to have fled abroad, were radicalised by him while they were in prison.

The others who have been suspected to have been in touch with Naseer include Mohammad Faisal Rabbani, Syed Mudassir Pasha, Zahid Tabrez, Mohammad Umar and Syed Suhail Khan. These 5 individuals have also been charge sheeted by the agency under the various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Explosive Substances Act and Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The NIA said in a statement in January that Naseer managed to get all the individuals to his barracks after a careful assessment of their potential with a view to radicalise and recruit Junaid and Salman to further the activities of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as big brother and sought his blessings and support for the development of the state and its people. He stressed the need for Telangana to contribute to the centre’s vision of achieving the 5 trillion economy goal. He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue supporting Telangana’s development similar to the development of state of Gujarat.

The Telangana chief minister said Prime Minister’s Modi’s role is like a big brother and only with the support of the big brother can the Chief Ministers of all the states take their state’s forward for their growth and development. Revanth Reddy delivered his speech partly in Hindi, English and Telugu so that he could convey his speech to the people of the state and PM Modi.

Revanth Reddy said the Telangana government is not interested in any rift with the central government but it aims to maintain cordial relations for growth and development of the state. He further added the difference in ideology is only limited to elections and after elections all state governments require the support of the Centre.

The Telangana chief minister welcomed and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of the people of Telangana for launching and laying down of foundation stones of various infrastructure programmes which included railway lines, highways which will the help the state to move forward on the path of growth and development.

Reddy said if the prime minister can put in a word to the Maharashtra state government to give 1850 acres of land for which the Telangana government is ready to pay the compensation; an irrigation project can be constructed at Tummadihatti. He said this project will give water to 1.50 lakh acres of drought-prone Adilabad district and tribals who live here.

The Aam Aadmi Party has been ordered to vacate its Delhi office by June 15. The Supere Court gave the rulling party extra time in light of the impending Lok Sabha elections.

Since the office is situated on land that the Delhi High Court was granted in order to expand a district court, the Aam Aadmi Party is ordered to leave the space.

In addition, the Supreme Court directed AAP to apply to the Land and Development Office for a land allocation for its offices.

It has mandated that the party’s request be processed by the Land and Development Office in a timeframe of four weeks. Additionally, it requested that the department notify everyone of its decision by the deadline.

The Aam Aadmi Party argued that since its party office is close to the Rouse Avenue court, it is not an encroachment because it was allocated long before the space was set aside for the court’s expansion, as per a report.

According to AAP lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the NCT used the land from 1993 till 2015, when AAP was granted ownership. He mentioned that the AAP is one of the six national parties in India.

AM Singhvi said the BJP has a comparable-sized office in the same location. He did add, according to the website, that they are put on the road two months before the elections.

Singhvi said the AAP has been asked to establish an office in Delhi’s Badarpur area. In addition, he claimed that LNDO has two plots at the same location that AAP could be granted.

All other parties would have to follow suit if the AAP was compelled to relocate to Badarpur. The party ought to secure a location in the heart of Delhi, he said.

The AAP was later given till June 15, 2024, by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, to leave the property so that land allotted to extend district judiciary footprint can be used.