NIA gets 3 more months to probe case against IS men

A Delhi court on Wednesday gave the National Investigation Agency (NIA) three more months to complete its probe in a case against five suspected ISIS operatives arrested for allegedly plotting a terror strike during the Ardh Kumbh at Haridwar.

According to sources, District Judge Amarnath extended the period after the NIA told the court that the probe in the case was still on to unravel a larger conspiracy. “The investigation in the instant case is spread in different parts of the country and abroad. The larger conspiracy of IS activities is yet to be ascertained,” the agency told the court, adding that more time was required for completion of the probe.

At the in-chamber proceedings, the NIA said that during their interrogation by the Delhi police, the accused had disclosed name codes and mobile numbers of active members, recruiters, sympathisers and motivators of ISIS involved in furtherance of activities of their ideologies using Internet-based communication such as Facebook, Skype, telephones, Telegram and other means, to lure youths to join the terror outfit.