"After the collision, a fire broke out in the oil tanker and engulfed the truck as well. As a result, the truck driver was killed and the co-driver jumped from the vehicle to save his life," added the officials.
The arrests were made after the probe agency conducted raids at eight locations to disrupt a conspiracy hatched by PFI cadres to carry out targeted killing in East Champaran District in Bihar on February 4.
The three persons were apprehended by a joint team of NIA Patna and Ranchi along with Motihari police from the Chakia Police Station in Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said.
The NIA said a Bihar-based operative of the banned outfit translated "Jihadi literature from Urdu/Arabic to Hindi" and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims."
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested the seventh accused in the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh case.
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at three locations in Bihar in the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) case, the agency said on Wednesday.
East Champaran (Bihar), June 5 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the National Food Laboratory (NFL) on Sunday in Raxaul of Bihar's East Champaran district.
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 22 (ANI): A Muslim family in Bihar has donated land worth Rs 2.5 crore for the construction of the world's largest and tallest 'Virat Ramayan Mandir' in the Kaithwalia area of East Champaran district.
Motihari (Bihar) [India], January 9 (ANI): An Indian Air Force officer was allegedly stabbed to death at a village under Sangrampur police station in Bihar's East Champaran district.
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 21 (ANI/PNN): About 150 km from Bihar's state capital, Patna, Arya Vidyapith School, in Balganga, Motihari, East Champaran, has chosen to adopt rooftop solar energy solution from Loom Solar for its multiple academic blocks.
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 7 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of West Champaran and East Champaran on Tuesday.