Four Hyderabadis among 14 ISIS 'sympathisers' held
Hyderabad, Jan 22 (INN): Four Hyderabadis are among 14 alleged ISIS sympathisers who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and State Police forces from across the country on Friday.
According to sources, NIA and Hyderabad City Police have taken four persons Mohammed Nafees Khan, Ubaidullah Khan and Mohammed Shareef Moinuddin Khan, all residents of Tolichowki while another software engineer Abu Amos of Madhapur. However, NIA, in its press release has confirmed the arrest of five persons including Shareef Moinuddin Khan, 54, and Nafees Khan, 24, from Hyderabad. The three others are Mudabbir Mushtaq Shaikh, 33, of Mumbai, Najmul Huda, 25, of Mangalore and Mohammed Afzal, 35, of Bengaluru.
"NIA received information that certain individuals from different cities in the country were in the process of organizing themselves to commit terrorist acts in different parts of the country. This information was worked upon along with various central agencies and concerned State Police forces. Certain leads emerged out of the investigation. Based on these leads, simultaneous searches/raids were conducted at 12 locations in 6 cities viz. Bangalore, Tumkur, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Lucknow with the support of local police forces. ATS, Maharashtra also conducted raids/ reaches at two other locations," the NIA said.
During its operation, the NIA took 14 suspects into custody and certain incriminating articles, including but not limited to mobile phones, laptops, unaccounted cash, jihadi literature and videos and certain material for preparation of bombs were recovered from these places. "These individuals were planning and making efforts to establish a channel of procurement of explosive/weapons, identify locations to organize training camps including training of fire arms, motivate new recruits to target police officers, foreigners in India and to carry out terrorist activities in various parts of India. Details interrogation of suspects taken into custody and verification of their backgrounds are in progress," the NIA said.
News Posted: 22 January, 2016
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