The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) said a series of milestone achievements marked the year 2025, key among them being an over 92% conviction rate, the extradition of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Rana from the United States, and the arrest of several terrorists and their associates involved in the dastardly Pahalgam and Delhi attacks.
With its charge sheet filed against seven accused, including the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its affiliate The Resistance Front (TRF), the NIA wrapped up the year with “a major success in its investigation” into the Pahalgam attack.
The total arrests made by the NIA across key categories of crimes in the 55 cases registered during the year stood at 276 (67 accused in ‘Jihadi’ cases, 74 in Left-Wing Extremism cases, 37 in Northeast insurgency cases, 28 in cases against pro-Khalistan outfits/elements, 11 in gangster-related cases and 59 in others). The agency notched a record 66 convictions and chargesheeted 320 accused in 2025, attached 12 assets linked to absconding terrorists and criminals.
Deportation of Anmol Bishnoi
The NIA’s other achievement was the deportation of “gangster” Anmol Bishnoi, brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, from the United States. He had been absconding since 2022. The agency took up nine investigations against LWE (Left-Wing Extremism) members and top leadership, and chargesheeted 34 of them, during the year.
