The NIA on Wednesday carried out raids at 14 locations in Punjab and Haryana in connection with its probe into attacks on the Indian consulate in San Francisco in the US earlier this year. The purpose was to unravel the conspiracy behind the attacks on March 19 and July 2, involving criminal trespass, vandalism, damage to public property and attempts to cause hurt to the consulate officials and set the building on fire through acts of arson.
According to an official spokesperson, the crackdown is part of the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into identifying all the perpetrators of the attack and associates involved. The locations raided were spread across the districts of Moga, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, Mohali and Patiala in Punjab and Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar in Haryana.
The NIA said digital data containing information related to the accused persons, along with other incriminating documents, were seized during the raids. The anti-terror agency has been probing the case with an aim to identify and prosecute the culprits as well as send a strong message to “anti-Indian elements”.
An NIA team had also visited San Francisco in August to look into the attacks. As part of its investigation, the agency has crowd-sourced information to identify and collect information about US-based entities and individuals involved in these violent incidents.
The NIA has already identified certain individuals allegedly part of the conspiracy, including the main culprits and many of their associates, who are both Indian and foreign nationals.
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