ED, ATS conduct raids in Thane over suspected terror financing

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) conducted joint raids at Padgha in Thane district on Thursday (December 11, 2025) in connection with suspected terror financing, officials said.

The raids at Padgha in Bhiwandi area were going on since early Thursday, an official said.

The action was based on some previous operations conducted by the ATS in Borivali village in Padgha, he said.

The residences of several suspects were searched and the ED was investigating suspicious monetary transactions, the official said, adding that the ATS was assisting the federal agency’s sleuths.

In June this year, the ATS, along with the Thane Rural Police, conducted a massive search of the residences of 22 persons, including Saquib Nachan, a former office-bearer of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and other suspected members and sympathizers of the banned group, at Borivali in Padgha.

The ATS had seized 19 mobile phones and incriminating material and documents on radicalisation, the official said.

Two years ago, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) also conducted raids in Padgha in connection with some terror-related activities.

Saquib Nachan, who was arrested by the NIA from Padgha, died in a Delhi hospital in June this year.