Nia Chief Yc Modi

The Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was trying to spread its operations across India and a list of 125 suspects have been shared with different states, chief of National Investigation Agency (NIA) YC Modi said on Monday.

Senior IPS officer YC Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, today took over as NIA chief, succeeding Sharad Kumar.

At a time when the country's premier National Investigation Agency or NIA is receiving flak about towing the government line in numerous terror related cases, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the agency is an autonomous body and that the government does not give it directions related to any cases.

YC Modi, an IPS officer who was part of a Special Investigation Team that inquired into the 2002 Gujarat riots, will head the country's top anti-terror body, the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Senior IPS officer Y C Modi, who was part of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riot cases, was today named chief of the National Investigation Agency.

The Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was trying to spread its operations across India and a list of 125 suspects have been shared with different states, chief of National Investigation Agency (NIA) YC Modi said on Monday.

Senior IPS officer YC Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, today took over as NIA chief, succeeding Sharad Kumar.

At a time when the country's premier National Investigation Agency or NIA is receiving flak about towing the government line in numerous terror related cases, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the agency is an autonomous body and that the government does not give it directions related to any cases.

YC Modi, an IPS officer who was part of a Special Investigation Team that inquired into the 2002 Gujarat riots, will head the country's top anti-terror body, the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Senior IPS officer Y C Modi, who was part of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riot cases, was today named chief of the National Investigation Agency.