National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed two separate supplementary chargesheets against several key members of Lawrence Bishnoi and Bambiha gangs, the agency said on Wednesday.
The junta also named a new head to the country’s presidential guard, the unit tasked with protecting Bazoum but which detained him last month. General Tchiani, who led the unit at the time of the coup, now appears to be in charge of the country, The New York Times reported.
A special court on Tuesday in Pune transferred the Pune terror module case probe to the National Investigating Agency from Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad.
Niger has been engulfed in political chaos since late last month when President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup d’etat by the presidential guard. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) responded days later by enacting sanctions and issuing an ultimatum to the ruling milit
Nuland is the highest level US official to meet in person with the military putschists. Her trip to the capital city of Niamey – made at the request of Secretary of State Antony Blinken – comes less than two weeks after members of Niger’s presidential guard seized power and a day after the d
"Naxalite sensitive police stations Bajag, Samnapur and Karanjia will be included under it and the headquarters will be Bajag," Mishra told reporters here.
Two neighbouring countries, Mali and Burkina-Faso, who have both been subject to recent coups, strongly opposed ECOWAS moves and have promised military support for Niger in case of foreign intervention.
The agency further said that the accused was arrested in a case relating to the banned outfit’s conspiracy to disturb peace and drive a communal wedge in the country.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested one more person in the West Bengal electric detonators and explosives seizures case, taking the total arrests to eight, the agency said on Sunday.
Defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have said they have finalised a plan for a potential military intervention in Niger. The regional bloc has given coup leaders in Niger until Sunday to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, German News Agency DW repor