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NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday busted an Islamic State module based in Maharashtra, arresting four accused after conducting extensive raids across Mumbai, Thane and Pune as part of an intelligence-led operation.
Searches conducted at houses of the accused — identified as Tabish Nasser Siddiqui from Nagpada, Mumbai, Zubair Noor Mohammed Shaikh @ Abu Nusaiba from Kondhwa, Pune, and Sharjeel Shaikh and Zulfikar Ali Barodawala from Padgha, Thane – across five locations led to the seizure of several “incriminating materials”, such as electronic gadgets and documents related to ISIS, said NIA. “The material seized clearly exposed the strong and active linkages of the accused with the IS and their efforts to motivate vulnerable youth to further the terror organisation’s anti-India agenda,” stated the agency.
Initial probe by NIA reveals that the accused had hatched a conspiracy to further the terrorist activities of IS by raising and operating a sleeper cell in Maharashtra with an intention to hit at the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of the country and had prepared to wage a war against the government of India, as part of the IS conspiracy.
NIA raids followed credible inputs that the accused Tabish, Zubair, Sharjeel, Zulfikar and their associates had recruited youth and trained them in the fabrication of IEDs and weapons. The accused had also shared relevant material, including ‘Do it Yourself kits’ (DIY), amongst themselves for fabrication of IEDs and manufacture of small weapons, pistols etc.
The accused, on the directions of their foreign-based ISIS handlers, had also created inflammatory media content, which was published in the magazine ‘Voice of Hind’, in furtherance of the IS agenda of terror and violence, said an NIA spokesperson.
Searches conducted at houses of the accused — identified as Tabish Nasser Siddiqui from Nagpada, Mumbai, Zubair Noor Mohammed Shaikh @ Abu Nusaiba from Kondhwa, Pune, and Sharjeel Shaikh and Zulfikar Ali Barodawala from Padgha, Thane – across five locations led to the seizure of several “incriminating materials”, such as electronic gadgets and documents related to ISIS, said NIA. “The material seized clearly exposed the strong and active linkages of the accused with the IS and their efforts to motivate vulnerable youth to further the terror organisation’s anti-India agenda,” stated the agency.
Initial probe by NIA reveals that the accused had hatched a conspiracy to further the terrorist activities of IS by raising and operating a sleeper cell in Maharashtra with an intention to hit at the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of the country and had prepared to wage a war against the government of India, as part of the IS conspiracy.
NIA raids followed credible inputs that the accused Tabish, Zubair, Sharjeel, Zulfikar and their associates had recruited youth and trained them in the fabrication of IEDs and weapons. The accused had also shared relevant material, including ‘Do it Yourself kits’ (DIY), amongst themselves for fabrication of IEDs and manufacture of small weapons, pistols etc.
The accused, on the directions of their foreign-based ISIS handlers, had also created inflammatory media content, which was published in the magazine ‘Voice of Hind’, in furtherance of the IS agenda of terror and violence, said an NIA spokesperson.
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