Vicky Nanjappa

Fund squeeze: How NIA is dashing real estate dreams of naxals, terrorists, gangsters

In a recent action, the NIA attached 152 bank accounts belonging to naxalites. The agency also found one mutual fund account to the tune of Rs 20.6 crore. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has undertaken several major operations in recent years and one among them is attaching the properties of extremists. The NIA has attached…
For the BJP, Yediyurappa is not over, he is far from over

When it comes to B S Yediyurappa, he has been handled with velvet gloves by the central leadership. There have been lavish praises in his favour, thus indicating his importance in the party. BJP stalwart, B S Yediyurappa may have announced his retirement from electoral politics, but his role in the Karnataka BJP is far…
Desperate Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack that never took place

The fact of the matter is that both the Coimbatore as well as the Mangaluru blasts were botched up operations. Both the bombers failed to hit the desired target. In a desperate bid to claim responsibility for a terror attack, the Islamic State ended up making a mess. The Islamic State Khorasan Province, which is…
The strong message agencies are sending out in attaching property of terrorists

The Jammu and Kashmir police has made several appeals to the people of Jammu and Kashmir not to harbour militants. On March 2, the National investigation Agency (NIA) attached the property of Basit Ahmad Reshi, the Pakistan based terrorist. The action was taken in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla by the NIA. This action comes close…
How a painstaking probe by NIA resulted in death sentences to 7 ISIS terrorists

Several Intelligence Bureau reports in recent times have spoken about the Islamic State trying to take the space of the banned Popular Front of India. A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)in Lucknow had earlier this week awarded death sentences to seven terrorists in connection with an Islamic State case. In another case,…
With security situation in Punjab melting down, Centre to step in

Over the past year and a half, the ISI backed Khalistanis have managed to smuggle in RDX, AK-47s, detonators and explosives into Punjab. In a nut-shell the security situation in Punjab remains highly volatile. With the situation remaining extremely volatile in Punjab, the Centre has stepped in and will be sending 120 security personnel to…
As Amritpal Singh menace rises, Intel eyes his source of funding from Canada

The activation of the K2 Desk by the ISI was a major shift in strategy by Pakistan to revive the Khalistan movement and also keep Kashmir on the boil. The violence in Punjab last week by the followers of radical Sikh leader, Amritpal Singh has once again put the focus back on the links to…
The ugly rise of Amritpal Singh: Has AAP proved K P S Gill’s words absolutely right?

The surrender by the Punjab Police at the hands of Amritpal Singh’s supporters does not bode well for the security of the state. The fact that Punjab is a border state makes matters even worse. The Punjab Police committed a humongous blunder by bowing before radical Sikh leader, Amritpal Singh and giving into his demand…
Crackdown on cattle trade has increased the aggression by the Bangladeshis

Over the years the BSF has taken stringent action against the cattle smugglers in the eastern borders. There is a high-demand for meat and hide in Bangladesh. In the year 2017, a report of the Parliamentary Committee had said that there is a deep nexus at the border with Bangladesh, as a result of which…
With Centre set to get cracking, Amritpal Singh’s days in the open are numbered

Bhindranwale was accused of killing a journalist. While he was booked, he got away with him being proven innocent. That made him a hero. Amritpal Singh should not go the same way. Amritpal Singh’s streak of terrorising Punjab may soon end with the central agencies upping their radar on the radical Sikh leader. The agencies…