Five states, 54 government sites, three laptops and five phones — NIA’s Sindoor cyber file adds a search, not an arrest.

The National Investigation Agency on Monday, 24 August 2026, searched five locations — in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Bihar and Delhi — in a cyber-terror case registered on 25 June 2025. Tuesday desks reported the Monday searches. The event date on this cutting is Monday. It is not rewritten as a Tuesday filing. Paper masthead on Wednesday, 26 August, is not this event date.

The places locked on the file are Junnar, Nadiad, Ramagundam, Gopalganj and Delhi. Junnar sits in Maharashtra. Nadiad sits in Gujarat. Ramagundam sits in Telangana. Gopalganj sits in Bihar. Delhi is the fifth point. Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad is a name on the file. This desk will not invent a joint-team organogram, a city-wise search sequence, or a house-wise inventory the facts do not write.

The Agency alleged attempted distributed-denial-of-service attacks against 54 Government of India websites during Operation Sindoor, including critical infrastructure. Attempted attacks are the allegation. Fifty-four is the Agency’s target count. This page will not convert an attempted distributed-denial-of-service case into a proved takedown of those sites. Critical infrastructure is included in the Agency’s phrasing. It is not a damage schedule this desk will invent, and it is not a list of the 54 addresses.

Two accused had already been arrested. Monday’s searches targeted suspected support or skills providers identified by technical analysis. The Agency reported seizing three laptops, five phones, pen drives and documents. No fresh arrest was announced. Prior arrests are prior arrests. A device seizure is not a third arrest. Technical analysis is the Agency’s stated method for naming suspected helpers. It is not a published forensic report on this page. This desk will not invent the names of the two already arrested, a charge-sheet date, or a remand the tip does not lock.

A cyber-terror First Information Report registered on 25 June 2025 is the predicate clock. Operation Sindoor is the period the Agency ties to the attempted attacks. Five-state searches on 24 August 2026 are the investigative step. Linking suspected technical helpers to a 54-site target list is the case theory. A case theory is not guilt.

Form B and any poll date are not notified on this file. Until a further Agency paper is written and a court tests it, the public ledger is Monday’s five-location search in Junnar, Nadiad, Ramagundam, Gopalganj and Delhi, a 25 June 2025 registration, alleged attempted distributed-denial-of-service attacks on 54 Government of India websites during Operation Sindoor, two prior arrests, no fresh arrest, and a seizure list of three laptops, five phones, pen drives and documents. Every target remains an allegation. No new accused was taken on Monday.