ISIS terror module case: Special Court sends 10 arrested accused to 12-day NIA custody

The National Investigation Agency conducted searches across 17 locations in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi in connection with its investigation into the new module called 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam'.

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New Delhi: A Special court on Thursday sent 10 people arrested in the ISIS- inspired terror module case to 12-day NIA custody. They were arrested by NIA on Wednesday on the suspicion of being members of an ISIS-inspired group who were planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India. The 10 people accused were produced in the court amidst tight security and with covered faces before Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey who ordered in-camera proceedings in the case. NIA had sought 15-day custodial interrogation of the accused who were arrested from various parts of the national capital and Uttar Pradesh. The National Investigation agency on Wednesday busted a suspected ISIS-inspired terror module after conducting search operations in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi, arresting at least 10 people allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks in crowded places and political personalities, officials said. The National Investigation Agency conducted searches across 17 locations in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi in connection with its investigation into the new module called 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam'. The module was in touch with foreign handlers, whose identity is yet to be established, National Investigation Agency (NIA) Inspector General Alok Mittal told reporters. Mittal said searches were carried out in Delhi's Seelampur locality, UP's Lucknow, Amroha and Hapur districts where a huge quantity of explosives, a country-made rocket launcher, 100 mobiles and 135 SIM cards were recovered. Following the searches, the probe agency rounded up 16 persons of the group 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam', which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam, officials said. Five were arrested from Amroha and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north east Delhi, he said. The agency said the "highly-radicalised module" was completely self-funded and no criminal antecedent of its members had surfaced so far.