New Delhi, Dec 20: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the Central government has sent 324 cases to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over the previous five years. In response to a member’s inquiry, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanad Rai provided the details in writing. According to the Minister, the NIA received these 324 cases between December 1, 2018, and November 30, 2023. After weighing the seriousness of the cases, the MHA turned the cases over to the NIA, which specialises in looking into terror-related incidents nationwide as well as other matters under its purview.In response to a question concerning the number of cases in which verdicts have been rendered by courts over the past five years and the number of cases in which the accused has been found guilty, the Ministry of State provided data that, between December 1, 2018, and November 30, 2023, showed 84 cases in which judgements were rendered and 81 cases in which the accused were found guilty. The data shows that as of November 30 of this year, there were a total of 15 cases in which a judgement was rendered. These cases were followed by 31 in 2022, 15 in 2021, 9 in 2020, and 14 in 2019. Additionally, the data reveals that, as of November 30 of this year, 15 accused people had been found guilty; additionally, 30 in 2022, 15 in 2021, 9 in 2020, and 12 in 2019
