NEW DELHI: All the 38 cases investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in which judgements were pronounced in 2022, ended in conviction. While six life sentences were awarded in these cases, 109 persons were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment and fine.
Overall conviction rate of NIA as on date is 94.39%, the NIA said on Saturday in its report card for the year 2022.
As per information shared by NIA, the agency registered 73 cases in 2022, an annual record since its inception and 19.7% more than the 61 cases it had registered in 2021.
The 73 cases include 35 relating to jihadi terror across states such as J&K, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal, 11 cases of Jammu and Kashmir, 10 Left-wing extremism cases, five cases of northeast region, seven PFI-related cases, four cases of Punjab, three cases of gangster-terror-drug smuggler nexus, two fake currency cases and one case of terror funding.
NIA in 2022 filed 59 chargesheets against 368 persons. It arrested 456 accused persons including 19 absconders. Two accused were arrested upon deportation and one after completing the due process of extradition.
Eight persons were designated as individual terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) in 2022. Necessary action is being taken against them by NIA.
Also, NIA, as part of its efforts to cut off and choke funding of terror, conducted the third ministerial level ‘No Money For Terror’ conference — attended by 78 countries and 16 multilateral organisations — in November 2022.
Overall conviction rate of NIA as on date is 94.39%, the NIA said on Saturday in its report card for the year 2022.
As per information shared by NIA, the agency registered 73 cases in 2022, an annual record since its inception and 19.7% more than the 61 cases it had registered in 2021.
The 73 cases include 35 relating to jihadi terror across states such as J&K, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal, 11 cases of Jammu and Kashmir, 10 Left-wing extremism cases, five cases of northeast region, seven PFI-related cases, four cases of Punjab, three cases of gangster-terror-drug smuggler nexus, two fake currency cases and one case of terror funding.
NIA in 2022 filed 59 chargesheets against 368 persons. It arrested 456 accused persons including 19 absconders. Two accused were arrested upon deportation and one after completing the due process of extradition.
Eight persons were designated as individual terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) in 2022. Necessary action is being taken against them by NIA.
Also, NIA, as part of its efforts to cut off and choke funding of terror, conducted the third ministerial level ‘No Money For Terror’ conference — attended by 78 countries and 16 multilateral organisations — in November 2022.