The National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will probe only "gravest" incidents of terror crimes and a team of officers is already in place to handle any such cases.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will probe only "gravest" incidents of terror crimes and a team of officers is already in place to handle any such cases.
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"As I speak, orders have been issued for appointment of one DIG, two superintendents of police, two deputy superintendents of police and two inspectors," Home Minister P Chidambaram said.
He said only "gravest" cases of crimes will be taken up for investigation by the NIA, which will operate in a concurrent jurisdictional framework.
"There is team in place to take up investigation into any case referred to the NIA," he said adding that "happily, no such incident has occurred since the NIA was set up."
"NIA will take up cases referred to by the states and in rare cases take up cases in a suo motu manner," Chidambaram said.
Replying to a query, he said the NIA will not take up investigation in the Mumbai attacks case as the probe was "almost complete" and the Mumbai Police is "poised to file a chargesheet" in the matter.
Asked whether the NIA would probe Naxal incidents, Chidambaram said such cases "may not be fit cases for NIA." However, he said NIA may take up cases of Naxal violence but a decision would have to be taken on a case-by-case basis.
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