# NIA questions Telangana student in cyber terror case 2026-08-24T08:28:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday questioned an engineering student in Ramagundam, Telangana, and seized electronic devices as part of an investigation into a 2025 cyber terrorism case. The student said he was added to a Telegram group a year ago, thinking it was for learning AI tools, and left after realising the operators were arrested. Police said the student has been issued a notice to appear before NIA investigators in Ahmedabad. The case stems from the arrest of 18-year-old Jasim Shahnawaz Ansari from Nadiad by the Gujarat anti-terrorism squad on May 19, 2025. According to the NIA, Ansari and a juvenile allegedly launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on government websites between March and May 2025 and posted anti-national content on a Telegram channel. The NIA filed a chargesheet against Ansari in August 2025 under the IT Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The student's role, if any, is yet to be established. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Deccan Chronicle and Times of India report the NIA questioning as a routine investigative step, with Times of India adding the student's own account and police caution that his role is unproven. Deccan Chronicle offers sparse details, while Times of India provides fuller context including the original arrest and chargesheet. The student's claim of unknowingly joining a Telegram group suggests the probe is widening to contacts of the accused. The next step is the student's appearance before NIA in Ahmedabad. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) Straight news agency style, minimal detail, no framing beyond basic facts - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Straight reporting with student quote and police clarification, no slant This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T07:52:13+00:00. Tags: Ahmedabad, India, NIA, Peddapalli, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nia-raids-five-telangana-sites-in-2025-cyber-terrorism-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nia-raids-five-telangana-sites-in-2025-cyber-terrorism-case/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/