<p><img src="" alt="Featured Image"></p><p><!-- wp:html --><p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested an accused in an espionage case involving a Sri Lankan and a Pakistani national. The accused, Nuruddin alias Rafi, had absconded after jumping bail, the Indian media reported on Wednesday (15)</p>
<p>Rafi was carrying a cash reward of Rs 500,000. He was arrested from the Rajiv Nagar area of Mysuru, Karnataka by the NIA team.</p>
<p>A house search was also conducted after his arrest and several "incriminating materials", including mobile phones, laptop, pen drives and a drone, were recovered, said the agency in an official statement.</p>
<p>When Rafi failed to appear before the NIA Special Court, Chennai, after being released on bail, a non-bailable warrant was issued against him.</p>
<p>The court had declared him a proclaimed offender on May 7 this year.</p>
<p>The case is related to a terror conspiracy to carry out explosions at the US Consulate in Chennai and the Israel Embassy in Bengaluru in 2014.</p>
<p>According to the NIA, the conspiracy was by Sri Lankan national Muhammed Sakir Hussain and Amir Zubair Siddique, a Pakistani national employed at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka.</p>
<p>NIA investigations have revealed that Nuruddin was involved in financing the anti-national espionage activities through high-quality fake Indian currency notes at the behest of the accused Pakistani national.The trial against Nuruddin, which was stalled after he had absconded, will now resume, the probe agency added.</p><!-- /wp:html --></p><p>[Category: <a href="https://feed.lankaimage.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>]</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> </p>
<p>Rafi was carrying a cash reward of Rs 500,000. He was arrested from the Rajiv Nagar area of Mysuru, Karnataka by the NIA team.</p>
<p>A house search was also conducted after his arrest and several "incriminating materials", including mobile phones, laptop, pen drives and a drone, were recovered, said the agency in an official statement.</p>
<p>When Rafi failed to appear before the NIA Special Court, Chennai, after being released on bail, a non-bailable warrant was issued against him.</p>
<p>The court had declared him a proclaimed offender on May 7 this year.</p>
<p>The case is related to a terror conspiracy to carry out explosions at the US Consulate in Chennai and the Israel Embassy in Bengaluru in 2014.</p>
<p>According to the NIA, the conspiracy was by Sri Lankan national Muhammed Sakir Hussain and Amir Zubair Siddique, a Pakistani national employed at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka.</p>
<p>NIA investigations have revealed that Nuruddin was involved in financing the anti-national espionage activities through high-quality fake Indian currency notes at the behest of the accused Pakistani national.The trial against Nuruddin, which was stalled after he had absconded, will now resume, the probe agency added.</p><!-- /wp:html --></p><p>[Category: <a href="https://feed.lankaimage.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>]</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> </p>