Amroha (Uttar Pradesh): Following the busting of a new Islamic State (IS) module — Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam — last month and arrest of ten terror suspects from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted “follow up” searches here and took into custody two more people.
It may be recalled that ten terror suspects, including the group leader, a cleric of a local mosque were allegedly planning to attack some political personalities, security establishments as well as crowded places in Delhi and National Capital Region, were arrested by the NIA on December 26.
“Follow up searches are being carried out today at five locations in Amroha,” said sources in the NIA who added that the fresh searches were carried out on the basis of information provided by those arrested earlier.
Sources in the NIA said that it was not sharing details of the searches as the same might hamper the investigation.
Earlier in December, the NIA had carried out searches at 17 places — six in East Delhi’s Jafarabad area, six in Amroha, two each in Lucknow and Hapur and one place in Meerut, leading it to seize a country-made rocket launcher, 12 pistols, 112 alarm clocks, 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards, several laptops and various electronic gadgets, besides 150 rounds of ammunition.
The NIA also seized 25 kg of explosive material, such as potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, sulphur, sugar material paste, mobile phone circuits, batteries, 51 pipes, remote control car triggering switch, wireless digital doorbell for remote switch, steel containers, electric wires, knife, sword, IS-related literature and Rs 7.5 lakh in cash.
All the arrested members of “Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam” are in NIA custody.
The agency had registered a case on December 20 under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Explosive Substances Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.