Wednesday morning. Nine states. One Union Territory.
20 doors knocked on at once.
By the time the sun was fully up, the NIA had already turned a single case file into a nationwide operation.
This isn't a random raid.
It's the next chapter of something that started quietly, four months ago.
Back in March, Vijayawada police searched one house.
One man's residence.
His name: Rehmatullah Sharif Mohammad.
What they allegedly found inside changed everything — material linked to ISIS and AQIS (Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent).
By May, the case was big enough that the NIA took it over completely.
20 locations.
Searched in one coordinated sweep across:
Not random addresses.
Every single one picked using digital forensics from devices seized earlier — plus deep connectivity analysis of the accused already in custody.
👉 11 people arrested.
👉 One minor apprehended.
👉 Multiple digital devices seized, headed straight for forensic labs.
It's who they were allegedly targeting.
Not hardened extremists.
Vulnerable young people.
Fed jihadi content. Fed misinformation. Slowly, online, without anyone in the room.
The NIA says the accused were in direct contact with foreign handlers — allegedly working toward one chilling goal.
Establishing a caliphate. Inside India.
Radicalisation used to need a mosque, a preacher, a physical network.
Not anymore.
A phone. An app. A quiet algorithm doing its job.
That's the entire battlefield now.
And the NIA isn't done.
Officials say they're still working to identify others allegedly tied to the conspiracy.
This raid isn't the end of the story.
It's the agency pulling one more thread — and finding out just how far the web actually stretches.
That's all for now!
