2 suspected members of Isis sleeper cell held
Mumbai, May 18 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested two members of the banned terrorist outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) in connection with a 2023 case involving the fabrication and testing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Pune, the agency said in a statement.
The accused, identified as Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh alias Diaperwala and Talha Khan, were intercepted by immigration authorities at the Mumbai airport early on Saturday. They were returning from Jakarta, Indonesia, where they had been evading arrest. The agency then took the accused into custody and arrested them, the agency said in the statement.
The case pertains to an alleged Isis-linked sleeper cell from Pune that was conspiring to execute terrorist acts "with the aim to disturb India's peace and communal harmony by waging a war against the Government of India". "NIA had also declared a cash reward of Rs.3 lakh each for information on the two accused." P3...
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