Archive · 29 Jun 2025
MHA Approves NIA Probe into Vizianagaram Bomb Plot
The government is investigating a plan to bomb Vizianagaram.
Two men were arrested for planning to use bombs.
They got help and money from people in other countries.
One man learned how to make bombs in Saudi Arabia, and the other in Pakistan.
They were planning to attack different groups of people using homemade bombs and rocket launchers.
The government is now looking into this case more closely.
MHA approved NIA probe into a terror plot in Vizianagaram.
Two suspects, Siraj-Ur-Rehman and Syed Sameer, were arrested in May.
The suspects planned bomb blasts using IEDs.
Financial support came from handlers in Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Siraj received bomb-making training in Saudi Arabia, Sameer in Pakistan.
- Who
- Siraj-Ur-Rehman and Syed Sameer, along with foreign handlers.
- What
- Investigation into a bomb plot.
- When
- Arrests in May, approval of investigation by MHA.
- Where
- Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh; Saudi Arabia; Pakistan
- Why
- To carry out bomb blasts in Vizianagaram and other locations.
Suspect's Actions
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Bomb Plot
Suspect's Actions
Siraj-Ur-Rehman and Syed Sameer planned bomb blasts in Vizianagaram and other soft targets in Andhra Pradesh and other states.
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- Involved Parties
- Siraj-Ur-Rehman, Syed Sameer, foreign handlers
- Charges
- UAPA, Explosives Substance Act, BNS sections
- Training Locations
- Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
- Planned Attack Method
- IEDs and rocket launchers
- Financial Support Source
- Handlers in Saudi Arabia and Oman
- Communication Method
- Signal app