Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan was released from Lucknow jail on Thursday 28 months after being detained while travelling to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh where a 19-year-old girl had allegedly been raped and killed.
Additional Sessions Judge Amitab Rawat issued notice to Tihar Jail superintendent and asked him to file a reply on the application of Umar Khalid. The matter has been listed on January 21 for further hearing.
The anti-terror agency filed the charge sheet in a special NIA court in Bengaluru in the case which pertains to a conspiracy hatched by accused persons having affiliations with Al-Qaeda, to send youth to Kashmir and Khorasan province of Afghanistan, to undergo terrorist training.
Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition moved by the Kashmiri women outfit Dukhtaran-E-Millat (DeM) challenging it as a banned terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
According to the Delhi Police, both Naushad Ali and his associate Jagjit Singh alias Jagga arrested last Thursday, were in touch with Nazeer Bhat, Nasir Khan and Nazeer Khan of the Harkat-ul Ansar outfit and Nadeem from the Hizbul Mujahideen, which has been designated as a terror outfit in I
Two terror suspects- Naushad and Jagjit, arrested on Thursday in Delhi were preparing to target right-wing leaders, Delhi Police Special Cell's Additional Commissioner of Police Pramod Kushwaha said here on Sunday.
Incidentally, the recovery was made near the house of the two accused, Naushad and Jagjit Singh, who were arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Delhi High court on Friday sought the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a bail plea of an accused under stringent anti-terror law UAPA. The accused is an alleged operative of Indian Mujahideen and he is in custody even without framing of charges.