Taha's name came up during the ongoing investigation into the November 19 incident in which an explosive device went off in an auto-rickshaw, leaving the driver and a passenger injured.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the most-wanted terrorist Kulwinderjit Singh alias Khanpuria, who had been associated with terrorist outfits like Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF).
"We can say that the accused acts have been inspired and influenced by some terrorist organisation which is having a global presence. So, it is due to that," the Karnataka ADGP said.
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, was killed during an encounter between security forces and ultras in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.
"When the search party reached towards suspected hideout, terrorists opened fire which hit hybrid terrorist of LeT Sajjad Tantray of Kulgam, who was with the search party to identify the hideout. He was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead," said the Jammu and Kashmi
Nigerian Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday expressed his gratitude to India for its commitment to counter-terrorism and emphasised to focus on issues to build on how to use several financial intelligence units and stop the flow of money to terrorists.
The conference recognised the leading role played by UN Security Council Resolutions in countering the threat from terrorism and its financing, through implementing sanctions against global terrorist entities, as well as assessing the implementation of these Resolutions by UN member state
While cross-border support is behind terrorist attacks, Jaishankar said the irony is that any response by authorities to terrorism stops at their geographical borders because that is where jurisdiction ends. "These limitations play to the benefits of the terrorist groups."
NIA said the investigation revealed that accused persons are cadres of 'The Resistance Front (TRF)', an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a proscribed terrorist organization that conspired to supply the consignments of arms, ammunition and funds to the terrorists of TRF/LeT to carry out the