India, Sept. 20 -- A special National Investigation Agency ( NIA) court in Mumbai has quashed an order of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that had attached a Pune businessman's property as "proceeds of terrorism" in connection with an alleged ISIS conspiracy. The order was issued on September 16.

The case stems from a first information report (FIR) registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in August 2023 against several accused linked to ISIS, including Rizwan Ali, who had taken the property on rent. Following this, the NIA ordered attachment of the flat in March 2024, which was later confirmed by the MHA in May 2024.

The appellant, 59-year-old Anwar Ali Hasan Mohammad Idrisi, challenged the attachment in June 2024, argui...