Context: The probe into the January 29 explosion near the Israel Embassy in Delhi was handed over to the National Investigation Agency due to the gravity of offence and its international implication.

National Investigation Agency:

• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is India's counter-terrorist task force.
• The agency is empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
• The Agency came into existence with the enactment of the National Investigation Agency Act 2008 by the Parliament of India on 31 December 2008, which was passed after the deadly 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.
• Headquartered in New Delhi, the NIA has branches in Hyderabad, Guwahati, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata, Raipur and Jammu.

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