The National Investigation Agency (NIA) 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, an official
spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said these places located in north India were raided to
unravel the complete 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.
The locations raided by the NIA were spread across the districts of Moga,
Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, Mohali and Patiala in Punjab and Kurukshetra
and Yamunanagar in Haryana.
The crackdown led to the seizure of digital data containing information
related to the accused persons, along with other incriminating documents, the
spokesperson said.
The NIA has been probing the case with the aim to identify and prosecute
the attackers and send a strong message to such anti-Indian elements.
A team of the NIA had visited San Francisco in August 2023 to probe the
incidents of attacks on the consulate.
As part of its investigation, the NIA has crowdsourced information to
identify and collect information about US-based entities and individuals
involved in these violent incidents.
PTI
