Six suspected ISIS operatives sent to three-day NIA custody

Six suspected terror operatives, alleged to have links with the ISIS, were on Monday sent to three days NIA custody by a special court, after the probe agency said they were needed to be confronted with the accused arrested in connection with another terror case.

According to sources, during an in-camera proceeding, District Judge Amarnath sent accused Md Azeemusan, Md Osama, Akhlaq ur-Rehman, Meeraj, Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed and Md Mustaq Seikh to NIA custody on the agency’s plea, which said that probe into the case, which has been transferred to it from Delhi Police, was at a crucial stage.

The sources said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court that in order to unearth larger conspiracy of ISIS, further custodial interrogation of these accused, who were in judicial custody, was required.

Earlier, these six accused were arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police in a case for allegedly having links with ISIS. The Home Ministry had later transferred the case to NIA.

In its remand application, the NIA said, “The accused are likely to be confronted with the accused of another case being handled by the NIA and with the certain incriminating points which have been cropped up recently in the instant case.”