Hyderabad, July 5 -- Amid the ongoing 90th birthday celebrations of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) carried out a raid at McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh and arrested a man allegedly linked to a Khalistani terror financing, the Tribune India reported.

The raid, which was conducted near the residence of His Holiness, triggered heightened security concerns in the wake of a large number of VVIPs attending the spiritual leader's birthday celebrations.

However, on Saturday, July 5, NIA issued a statement categorically denying the raid at McLeodganj and stated that a search was carried out in relation to a human trafficking case.

"The search has no connection either with His Holiness Dalai...