New Delhi:

In a massive crackdown on gangsters, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today raided around 50 locations across north India.

The raids are being conducted at locations linked to various gangsters in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and adjoining areas.

Officials said gangsters operating from both India and abroad had come on the radar of the anti-terror agency after investigation in some terror cases revealed a nexus between the gangsters and terrorists.

Some gangsters are also operating from prisons, they added.