12 terror suspects in NIA custody till February 5

Twelve terror suspects, arrested from across the nation for their alleged links with the ISIS, were involved in recruiting and financing persons willing to join the terror group in Syria, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claimed befotre a special court here on Monday, which sent them to the agency's custody till February 5.

During an in-camera proceeding, Special NIA Judge Amar Nath, remanded the 12 accused to 11-day police custody after the agency submitted that their custodial interrogation was needed to unearth the conspiracy of ISIS to spread its reach in India. The accused's faces were muffled when they were produced in the court amid tight security.

The NIA sought 14 days of custody of the accused, saying that they would be interrogated to collect more evidence about their activities and network and their presence might also be required at different places for identification and corroboration of their statements. "During their preliminary interrogation, all the accused persons have disclosed many facts about their involvement in this case about recruiting and financing persons, willing to join the caliphate of ISIS at Syria," it said.

According to the sources, the probe agency informed the court that the accused were arrested for allegedly planning to carry out attacks ahead of the Republic Day.

The 12 accused produced before the court were Bangalore residents Mohd Abdul Ahad, Mohd Afzal and Suhail Ahmed, Hyderabad's Mohd Shareef Moinuddin Khan and Mohd Obaidullah Khan, Mumbai-based Mudabbir Mushtaq Shaikh and Mohd Hussain Khan, Lucknow resident Mohd Aleem, Aurangabad resident Imran, Asif Ali from Tamil Nadu, Syed Mujahid and Najmul Huda from Karnataka.