NIA files charge sheet against ISIS sympathiser

The NIA has filed a supplementary charge sheet against an alleged sympathiser of a Hyderabad-based module of terror group Islamic State. The investigation agency had on June 22 registered a case and during raids conducted on June 29 in Hyderabad busted the terror module, of which Irfan (28) alias Abu Jafar and other persons were part.

Irfan was arrested on January 17 for his involvement in the terror conspiracy module. He is linked with eight other persons chargesheeted in the case.

The NIA claimed that Irfan searched for a hideout for physical training of members of the terror module. "He, along with another accused - Muzaffer Hussain Rizwan, had also searched and identified a safe house for the terrorist gang on the outskirts of Hyderabad," it claimed.

Irfan had collected and transported explosive precursors along with Mohammed Ibrahim Yazdani, another accused charge sheeted in the case, from the outskirts of Pochampally village of Nalgonda district after receiving the location from their overseas handler.