NIA Arrests 8 ISIS Operatives In Raids Across 19 Locations, Foils Plans Of IED Blasts

The NIA arrested eight ISIS operatives, including a module head, in a multi-state raid, thwarting a terror plot involving IED blasts while also revealing the group's plans to recruit college students.

Image used for representational purposes only | According to the NIA, the detainees were actively involved in promoting terror-related activities of proscribed organisation ISIS. ( Image Source :PTI )

In a significant crackdown against ISIS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at 19 locations across Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Delhi, resulting in the arrest of eight alleged ISIS operatives, including the module head. The operation aimed at foiling a terror plot, especially involving Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts, the NIA officials revealed.

The arrested individuals were identified as Minaj, the module head, and Syed Sameer from Ballari; Anas Iqbal Shaikh from Mumbai; Mohammad Muniruddin, Syid Samiullah alias Sami, and Md Muzammil from Bengaluru; Shayan Rahman alias Hussain from Delhi, and Md Shahbaz alias Zulfikar alias Guddu from Jamshedpur.

According to NIA's statement, the detainees were actively involved in promoting terror-related activities of the proscribed organisation, ISIS, operating under the leadership of Minaz alias Md Sulaiman. The raids resulted in the seizure of explosive raw materials, including sulphur, potassium nitrate, charcoal, gunpowder, sugar, and ethanol. Sharp-edged weapons, unaccounted cash, incriminating documents, smartphones, and other digital devices were also confiscated, it added.

"Investigations have further revealed that the accused, in pursuance of the path of violent Jihad, Khilafat, ISIS etc., were continuously in touch with one another via encrypted apps. They were specifically aiming at College students for the purposes of recruitment, and were also circulating documents relating to recruitment of Mujahideen for the purpose of Jihad," the release added.

The NIA raids were part of an ongoing effort to dismantle ISIS terror conspiracies against India. The agency had registered a case against the ISIS-inspired Ballari module on December 14, 2023, and has been working closely with state police forces and central agencies to track and apprehend members of this module.

The NIA has been actively conducting large-scale crackdowns, dismantling various ISIS modules in recent months. "Several terror operatives have been arrested in these raids by the NIA," the release mentioned.

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