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On 1st April, 2020, National Investigation Agency registered a case and started investigation in a recent terrorist attack at a Gurudwara in Kabul, Afghanistan. Case was registered under Sections 120-B, 125 of Indian Penal Code and 16,18,20 and 38 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act under the provisions of S.6(8) of the NIA Act.
On 25th of March,2020, unknown gunmen had stormed into a Gurudwara in Shor Bazar Area in Kabul Afghanistan and fired indiscriminately killing 27 devotees and injuring several others. About 150 persons were inside the Gurudwara when the attack took place. An Indian citizen, Tian Singh, s/o Jeet Singh resident of S-364, Greater Kailash, Part-I New Delhi was also killed in the attack. Proscribed terrorist organisation, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) had claimed the responsibility for this terror attack.
As per preliminary investigation, one Muhsin from Trikkaripur, Kasargod, Kerala and others who had joined ISKP are suspected to have been involved in the terrorist attack.
It’s pertinent to note that this is the first case which NIA has registered, after the recent amendments in NIA Act, that have empowered NIA to investigate terror cases which are committed at any place outside India against the Indian citizens or affecting the interest of India.
-India Legal Bureau