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The central probe agency has filed a chargesheet against 17 terrorists of banned global terror network ISIS, who were involved in the conspiracy to recruit youth, incite them and manufacture explosives for the Delhi-Padga ISIS terror module.
The total number of such accused in the case, which exposed global links with foreign operators and against whom chargesheets have been filed, has gone up to 20. The NIA had originally filed a chargesheet against three persons in March-2023 and on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet against 17 others, including 15 from Maharashtra and one from Uttarakhand, before a special court at Patiala House in New Delhi.
All the accused, who have been charged under various sections of the Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act, were found to be involved in a larger IS conspiracy including innocent youths. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was recruiting, training and propagating youth with the ideology of ISIS, as well as producing explosives and IEDs and raising funds for the banned organisation.
The NIA is targeting various modules of ISIS active in the country with the intention of dismantling the terrorist network of the international organization. Due to this, the central agency registered a case in November-2023. Subsequently, during its investigation, several incriminating documents and data related to the manufacture of explosives and IEDs were seized, as well as propaganda magazines published by IS.
During the investigation, the agency found that the accused were sharing digital files related to IED manufacturing with their contacts. They were actively raising funds to further their terror plans as part of the ISIS agenda to spread violence in India and destroy its secular policy and democratic system.
The accused had done several things including recruiting vulnerable youths into the organisation in preparation for terror attacks. They took 'bayat' (oath of allegiance) from arrested accused Saqib Nachan, who was a habitual offender in several previous terror cases and claimed to be a self-proclaimed ISIS fighter in India. The NIA is further investigating the case to trace the network of the accused