ISIS terror module case: NIA carries out follow-up searches in UP's Amroha

The NIA raids were carried out in connection with the ISIS-inspired terrror module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, which was busted last week.

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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted follow-up searches at five locations in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. The NIA raids were carried out in connection with the ISIS-inspired terrror module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, which was busted last week. On Monday, the NIA carried out raids at several places in Delhi and questioned few people in connection with its ongoing probe into the involvement of new Islamic State module, officials said. A senior NIA official said that the agency had carried out searches at few places in east Delhi's Jafarabad area on Sunday. The official said that the agency had also questioned few suspects. The counter-terror investigative  agency's action comes four days after it detained 10 people including the group head Mufti Mohammad Suhail, who were alledgly planning terror attacks targeting some top political personalities and security establishments in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR). The NIA had on December 26 carried out searches at over 17 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh's Amroha, Lucknow, Meerut and Hapur. It had recovered a country-made rocket launcher, 12 pistols, 112 alarm clocks, 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards, many laptops and various electronic gadgets, besides recovering 150 rounds of ammunition during the searches. The NIA had also seized 25 kg of explosive material, such as potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, sulphur, sugar material paste, mobile phone circuits, batteries, 51 pipes, remote control car triggering switch, wireless digital doorbell for remote switch, steel containers, electric wires, knife, sword, IS-related literature and Rs 7.5 lakh in cash.