15 arrested in ISIS terrorist conspiracy case after NIA raids in these states
New Delhi: In a major crackdown on ISIS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested 15 operatives of the banned terror outfit during multiple and widespread raids in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
According to an official statement, NIA teams this morning raided 44 locations in Padgha-Borivali, Thane, Mira Road and Pune in Maharashtra and Bengaluru in Karnataka and arrested 15 accused in connection with promoting terror and terrorism. Functions and activities of banned organization.
Huge quantity of unaccounted cash, firearms, sharp edged weapons, incriminating documents, smartphones and other digital assets recovered during the raid conducted as part of NIA’s ongoing efforts to disrupt and dismantle the efforts of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The equipment was confiscated. ) To carry out violent acts of terrorism and take the lives of innocent people.
According to the NIA investigation, the accused, acting on the instructions of their foreign masters, were actively involved in various terrorist activities including manufacturing of IEDs to further the violent and destructive agenda of ISIS.
The NIA investigation revealed that the accused, all members of the ISIS Maharashtra module, were operating from Padgha-Borivali, where they conspired to spread terror and carry out incidents of violence across India. The accused had aimed to disturb the peace and communal harmony of the country and wage war against the Government of India by adopting the path of violent Jihad, Khilafat, ISIS etc.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused had self-declared Padgha village in rural Thane as a ‘liberated zone’ and ‘Al-Sham’. They were motivating influential Muslim youth to shift to Padgha from their place of residence to strengthen the Padgha base.
Saqib Nachan, the main accused and leader and head of the ISIS module, was also administering ‘Ba’ith’ (oath of allegiance to the Caliphate of ISIS) to the persons joining the banned organisation.
ISIS is a global terrorist organization (GTG), also known as the Islamic State (IS) / Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) / Daesh / Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) / ISIS Wilayat Khorasan / Islamic State of Iraq and the also know as. Sham Khorasan (ISIS-K). This organization is spreading its terrorist network in India by setting up local ISIS modules and cells in different states of the country.
NIA has in recent months conducted large-scale raids and busted various ISIS modules by arresting several terror operatives in the ISIS terror conspiracy case to thwart the organization’s heinous and violent anti-India agenda.
As part of its efforts in this direction, the agency registered a case against the ISIS Maharashtra module earlier this year and since then, has taken strong and concerted action to dismantle various ISIS modules and networks operating across the country.
New Delhi: In a major crackdown on ISIS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested 15 operatives of the banned terror outfit during multiple and widespread raids in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
According to an official statement, NIA teams this morning raided 44 locations in Padgha-Borivali, Thane, Mira Road and Pune in Maharashtra and Bengaluru in Karnataka and arrested 15 accused in connection with promoting terror and terrorism. Functions and activities of banned organization.
Huge quantity of unaccounted cash, firearms, sharp edged weapons, incriminating documents, smartphones and other digital assets recovered during the raid conducted as part of NIA’s ongoing efforts to disrupt and dismantle the efforts of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The equipment was confiscated. ) To carry out violent acts of terrorism and take the lives of innocent people.
According to the NIA investigation, the accused, acting on the instructions of their foreign masters, were actively involved in various terrorist activities including manufacturing of IEDs to further the violent and destructive agenda of ISIS.
The NIA investigation revealed that the accused, all members of the ISIS Maharashtra module, were operating from Padgha-Borivali, where they conspired to spread terror and carry out incidents of violence across India. The accused had aimed to disturb the peace and communal harmony of the country and wage war against the Government of India by adopting the path of violent Jihad, Khilafat, ISIS etc.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused had self-declared Padgha village in rural Thane as a ‘liberated zone’ and ‘Al-Sham’. They were motivating influential Muslim youth to shift to Padgha from their place of residence to strengthen the Padgha base.
Saqib Nachan, the main accused and leader and head of the ISIS module, was also administering ‘Ba’ith’ (oath of allegiance to the Caliphate of ISIS) to the persons joining the banned organisation.
ISIS is a global terrorist organization (GTG), also known as the Islamic State (IS) / Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) / Daesh / Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) / ISIS Wilayat Khorasan / Islamic State of Iraq and the also know as. Sham Khorasan (ISIS-K). This organization is spreading its terrorist network in India by setting up local ISIS modules and cells in different states of the country.
NIA has in recent months conducted large-scale raids and busted various ISIS modules by arresting several terror operatives in the ISIS terror conspiracy case to thwart the organization’s heinous and violent anti-India agenda.
As part of its efforts in this direction, the agency registered a case against the ISIS Maharashtra module earlier this year and since then, has taken strong and concerted action to dismantle various ISIS modules and networks operating across the country.
