6 suspected ISIS operatives sent to judicial custody

Six suspected terror operatives, alleged to have links with ISIS, were on Thursday sent to judicial custody by a special court after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted that they were not required for custodial interrogation in the case.

According to sources, during an in-camera proceeding, District Judge Amarnath sent accused Mohd Azeemusan, Mohd Osama, Akhlaq ur-Rehman, Meeraj and Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed to judicial custody till June 10 after they were produced before the court on expiry of three-day NIA custody.

The sixth accused, Mohd Mustaq Seikh, was sent to judicial custody till May 19 when his 90-day custody period, since his arrest, will expire.

The six accused were arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in the case for allegedly having links with ISIS.

The Home Ministry had later transferred the case to the premier probe agency. 

The NIA had taken custody of the accused, who were in judicial custody earlier, on the ground that the probe in the matter was at a crucial stage and they were needed to be confronted with other accused arrested in connection with another terror case.