The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at the house and office of Syed Mohammed Bukhari in Chennai. The searches were also at the houses of Hassan Ali and Harish Mohammed in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam.
A case was filed against them for conspiring to wage war against the Government of India by forming terrorist gang Ansarulla. Syed Mohd Bukhari, Hassan Ali and Harish Mohd are being questioned by the NIA.
According to NIA, during the searches, nine mobiles, 15 SIM cards, seven memory cards, three laptops, five hard discs, six pen drives, two tablets, three CDs/ DVDs besides documents including magazines, banners, notices, posters and books have been seized.
As per the case registered by NIA, the accused persons, while being within and beyond India, had conspired and conducted consequent preparations to wage war against the Government of India by forming the terrorist gang Ansarulla.
NIA said It had also been learnt that the accused persons and their associates had collected funds and made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks in India, with the intention of establishing Islamic rule in India.
After it registered a case against them under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Indian Penal Code on July 9, NIA on Saturday carried out searches at the house and office of Syed Mohd Bukhari in Chennai besides at the houses of Hassan Ali and Harish Mohd in Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu.
