NIA’s big revelation, India is not a threat from US and Ukrainian citizens arrested in Mizoram, Amit Shah told the plan

News India Live, Digital Desk: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday made the situation clear to the country in the case of foreign nationals arrested on the border of the north-eastern state Mizoram. Amidst the panic in the security corridors after the arrest of one American and six Ukrainian citizens by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Shah made it clear that these people posed no direct threat to India’s internal security. However, he also made it clear that those using Indian soil for any wrongdoing will not be spared.

Myanmar, not India, was the real target; was being used as a transit point

The Home Minister revealed that the arrested foreign nationals were using India only as a ‘transit point’. Their main objective was to enter the Myanmar border through Mizoram. Shah said that these people were planning to collaborate with the rebel groups of Myanmar to train them in ‘drone warfare’ and modern warfare skills. Since there is a civil war-like situation in Myanmar, these foreigners were trying to create instability by training armed groups there.

There was no permit to enter Mizoram, action taken on Russian input

Investigation has revealed that these foreign nationals did not have the required ‘Advance Permit’ (ILP) to enter a restricted area like Mizoram. Due to this carelessness and suspicious activities, they came on the radar of security agencies. According to sources, after input from Russian Intelligence, NIA raided Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata and destroyed this entire network. The arrested American citizen has been identified as ‘Matthew’, who was allegedly helping insurgent groups by collecting donations in the name of charitable works.

Shah bluntly on Naxalism also: Big decision will be taken by 31 March 2026

Along with the issue of foreign nationals, Amit Shah also shared his strategy on another major front of internal security, ‘Naxalism’. He said that the target set by the government to root out Naxalism by March 31, 2026, is not just a figure of victory or defeat. Shah made it clear that our aim is to completely stop violence, blasts and killings of innocents. He assured that development under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi has now reached those remote tribal areas, where there was once a fear of Naxalites.