Deeper probe needed on arrest of seven foreign nationals by NIA: Delhi court

A Delhi court has said that deeper investigation was required to unearth whether any Indian or member of a rebel ethnic group were linked to the seven foreign nationals arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) of illegally entering the country and supporting insurgent groups. The agency had told the court that Dyke and the six arrested Ukrainians have admitted during their questioning that they conducted training for EAGs on more than one occasion, “in addition to illegally importing huge consignments of drones from Europe to Myanmar via India for the use of EAGs.

• The judge conducted the proceedings at the agency’s headquarters last Friday, in view of the highly sensitive nature of the case, after the custody of the accused persons had expired.
• The court emphasised, “Such questions and questions of like nature required investigation”.
• The NIA’s case states that the Ukrainians had allegedly entered India on tourist visas on separate dates and flew to Guwahati, before travelling to Mizoram without the requisite documents such as the Restricted Area Permit.