Patna: NIA team conducted raids in Bihar’s Darbhanga and Samastipur districts to nab alleged operatives of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) in Connection of Hyderabad twin blasts, officials said on Saturday.
“A team of the NIA had conducted raids in Samastipur and Darbhanga in the last 24 hours in search of Mohd Tahsim alias Monu and other operatives of the Indian Mujahideen,” a senior police official said.
Earlier, the NIA had issued arrest warrant against Tahsim alias Monu. Banned militant outfit Indian Mujahideen’s name has cropped up in the preliminary investigation into the twin blasts.
Last month, the NIA team had raided Maniari village in Samastipur district in search of him, but he was not found in his house. The NIA team had arrested Mohammad Danish Ansari, an alleged operative of Indian Mujahideen from Chakjora village in Darbhanga in January 2013.
Ansari is allegedly a close associate of IM founder Yasin Bhatkal. Security agencies claim that Ansari provided shelter to Yasin Bhatkal in 2009 and 2010 in Bihar.
