Suspected IS operative remanded to police custody

Suspected ISIS operative Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed, arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out a terror strike during the Ardh Kumbh Mela at Haridwar, was on Wednesday remanded to police custody till February 20 by a Delhi court.

Sayyed was produced before the court after expiry of his police remand and the Special Cell of Delhi Police sought extension of his custodial interrogation, saying he was needed to be taken to Muzaffarnagar, Agra and Lucknow for the purpose of investigation in the case.

The police claimed that 26-year-old Mohsin, a resident of Mumbai, had come in contact with Syria-based ISIS terrorist, Yusuf Al Hindi, and had left his house in December last year to join the terror group of the Middle East.

It alleged that on the instructions of Yusuf, Mohsin had delivered money to the four co-accused who are arrested in this case for carrying out the terror strike.