Goa, June 28 -- Saquib Nachan, the alleged head of ISIS's India operations and a former senior leader of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died on Saturday afternoon at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital following a brain haemorrhage. He was 57. Nachan had been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2023 after being arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged role in an ISIS-linked terror module operating in Delhi and Maharashtra's Padgha region.

He was admitted to the hospital on June 24 after his health deteriorated while in custody. Doctors diagnosed him with a brain haemorrhage shortly after admission. Despite four days of treatment, his condition worsened, and he was declared dead at 12:10 pm.

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