The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday detained several suspects during a massive multi-state crackdown on a nexus of terrorists, gangsters and drug smugglers, an official told PTI. Reportedly, the raids were related to cases against the associates of Arsh Dalla, a listed terrorist, and many other dreaded gangsters, the spokesperson of the central agency said. 

The raids were carried out at 53 across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and the union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh and the police force in the respective states provided the necessary assistance in the daylong raids.