On the 31st of December, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that in the year 2025, it recorded a conviction rate of over 92 per cent. The probe agency notched several milestones, particularly the extradition of Mumbai 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana.
NIA SUCCESSFULLY WORKS OUT PAHALGAM & DELHI TERROR ATTACK PROBES / NOTCHES MANY MILESTONE SUCCESSES, INCLUDING 26/11 MUMBAI ATTACKS PLOTTER TAHAWWUR RANA’S EXTRADITION, IN 2025. pic.twitter.com/ddZjKEPGZz
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In a year-end statement, the NIA said, “A series of milestone achievements marked the year 2025 for the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has maintained an impressive record of over 92 percent conviction rate while achieving major successes, including the extradition of 26/11 mastermind Tahawwur Rana as well as the arrest of several terrorists and their associates involved in the dastardly Pahalgam and the Delhi terror attacks.”
“…The extradition marked a significant breakthrough in NIA’s investigation into the 26/11 terror attack conspiracy that left 166 people dead,” the NIA added.
The probe agency further highlighted the deportation of Bishnoi gang member Anmol Bishnoi from the US.
“In another noteworthy achievement, NIA secured the deportation of gangster Anmol Bishnoi from the US. Brother and close aid of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol had been absconding since 2022. The agency is making all out efforts to ensure speedy trial against him in a case relating to the conspiracy by criminal syndicates/gangs based in India and abroad, to carry out terrorist activities in Delhi and other parts of the country,” the NIA said.
The Agency also shed light on the success of its investigation into the Pakistan-sponsored Islamic terror attack in Pahalgam on 22nd April 2025. “With its chargesheet filed against seven accused, including the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its affiliate The Resistance Front (TRF)’ as a terrorist organisation, the NIA wrapped up the year with a major success in its investigation into the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack that had shocked the nation in April. Among those chargesheeted were the three terrorists who had carried out the religion-based targeted killings and were subsequently killed by the security forces,” the NIA said.
About the Delhi Red Fort car blast case, the NIA said that it had made remarkable progress.
The anti-terror agency proceeded to highlight its successes in combating Left-Wing Extremism (LWE). “…the NIA, along with state police forces and central armed police forces such as the CRPF, has been actively pursuing the Naxal cadres in the country. NIA took up a total of nine investigations against LWE members and top leaderships, and chargesheeted 34 of them, during the year,” the NIA stated.
The NIA added that it made a total of 276 arrests in 55 cases across key categories, including Jihadi, LWE, NEI, Khalistan, Gangster, and other cases.
“The total arrests made by NIA across key categories of crimes in the 55 cases registered during the year stood at 276 (67 accused in Jihadi cases, 74 in LWE cases, 37 in NEI cases, 28 in Khalistan cases, 11 in Gangster cases and 59 accused in Other cases). The agency notched a record 66 convictions and chargesheeted 320 accused in 2025, which witnessed a slew of property and asset attachment actions as part of its crackdown against absconding terrorists, criminals and gangsters. A total of 12 properties/assets were attached during the year,” the NIA said in its statement, adding that nationwide searches at the premises of accused and suspects in major terror and organised crime networks through the year saw a total of 200 accused arrested.
The probe agency made substantial progress in acting against human trafficking networks, as well as cyber slavery cases. “The NIA further made substantial progress in cases related to human trafficking networks that have perforated in several states in recent years. A large number of vulnerable youth have been duped by these transnational syndicates, including via the notorious ‘dunki’ route, and NIA made several arrests in connection with the latter. The agency also made significant progress in cases of cross-border human trafficking, involving Bangladeshi and Myanmar nationals, as well in cases of Indian youth being forced into cyber slavery in the Golden Triangle region in Laos and Cambodia,” the NIA said.
NIA continued to intensify its actions against ISIS, Al-Qaeda, HuT and other Jihadi organisations, as well as Northeast insurgent outfits like ULFA-I and NSCN-IM.
The NIA also mentioned major breakthroughs that were made during 2025.
“Major breakthroughs were made in many cases relating to the targeted killings of Praveen Nettaru, Ramalingam, Kerala Professor TJ Joseph, Ratan Dubey, Sreenivasan, Suhas Shetty Dinesh Pusu Gawade and Priyangu Pandey. A series of convictions secured in the Pakistan-linked Vishakhapatnam Navy espionage case of 2019 added another feather to NIA’s cap. The NIA also arrested/chargesheeted several accused in various Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) cases across states,” the NIA said.
