New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In its fight against terrorism, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered stupendous conviction rate of 94.70 per cent and attached assets worth around Rs 56 crores during 2023.

As compared with 490 accused arrested in 2022, the total number of arrests made by the NIA this year stood at 625 - a nearly 28 per cent increase over the previous year. These include 65 accused arrested in ISIS cases, 114 arrested for jihadi terror cases, 45 accused of human trafficking cases, 28 accused of terrorist and organized criminal activity and 76 accused of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) cases.

The anti-terror agency registered a total of 68 cases in 2023, covering a wide spectrum of terror related incidents. These encompass 1...