NIA Information Chargesheet Towards Suspected Operatives Of Terror Outfit ISKP In Particular Court docket

Ahmedabad, Dec 5: The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet within the particular court docket right here in Gujarat in opposition to 5 individuals, together with a girl, for his or her alleged hyperlinks with terror outfit Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP).
The chargesheet in opposition to Ubaid Mir, Hanan Scarf, Mohammad Hajim Shah, Zubair Ahmed Munshi, and Sumerabanu Hanif Malek was submitted within the court docket of particular decide Kamal Sojitra by NIA particular public prosecutor Amit Nair.
The ISKP is a UN-designated terrorist organisation.
Investigations by the NIA revealed that the accused had deliberate to “practice themselves and perform terror assaults” in Afghanistan after reaching the war-torn nation by way of Iran as directed by their handler, the chargesheet said.
On June 9, the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) busted this ISKP module and arrested Mir, Scarf, and Shah from Porbandar metropolis in Gujarat. A day later, the ATS nabbed Sumerabanu from Surat and Munshi from Srinagar. All 4 males hail from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.
They have been booked underneath related sections of the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) and part 120 B (Punishment of legal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
The NIA had discovered a video clip through which the accused might be seen pledging their allegiance to ISKP whereas flashing sharp weapons sitting underneath the flag of the outfit, as per the chargesheet.
The interrogation of the accused by the ATS had revealed that each one of them have been a part of the ISKP module and radicalised by their handler Abu Hamza, officers had stated.
Mir, Scarf and Shah had reached Porbandar to work as fishermen on boats with the given GPS coordinates as directed by Abu Hamza. They’d deliberate to cross the Worldwide Maritime Boundary Line and attain Afghanistan by way of Iran to affix ISKP, the ATS had stated.
From Porbandar, they have been to be taken to Iran on a dhow and have been supplied with faux passports for Afghanistan and to achieve Khorasan by way of Herat, as per the ATS.
The ATS had discovered cell phones, tablets, and sharp weapons within the luggage of the accused.
It was revealed that their handler had deliberate to launch the pre-recorded movies and images of their ‘sacrifice’ in Afghanistan. In a video clip, they are often seen pledging their allegiance to ISKP whereas flashing sharp weapons.
The ATS had discovered copies of assorted publications selling radicalisation, together with ISKP’s mouthpiece “Voice of Khorasan” in the course of the search of the home of Sumerabanu Hanif Malek in Surat.
Malek had “admitted” to having been in contact with Abu Hamza and being “shut” to Munshi, the ATS had stated.
The case was transferred to the NIA by the Ministry of Residence Affairs on June 28. (Businesses)