The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has achieved a phenomenal conviction rate of 94.70%, arrested 625 accused, and attached assets worth about ₹56 crore in 2023. The agency cracked down on the nexus between pro-Khalistan operatives, gangsters and drug smugglers, and also carried out operations against the modules linked to the Islamic State (IS) and other banned terror outfits.
There was an increase of nearly 28% in the number of arrests compared to 490 in 2022. Among those arrested were 65 allegedly related to the IS, 114 in the other “jihadi terror” cases, 45 accused of human trafficking, 28 accused of terrorist and organised criminal activity, and 76 linked to the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) cases, the agency said on Sunday.
In 2023, the NIA registered 68 cases. They included 18 “jihadi terror” cases in multiple States, three from Jammu and Kashmir, 12 related to LWE activities, seven involving terrorist and organised criminal activity in Punjab, five from the northeast States, and two fake Indian currency cases. The number of persons chargesheeted and convicted stood at 513 and 74, as against 459 and 79 in 2022.
