As part of its efforts to disrupt the attempts being made by global terrorist groups to spread terror and violence in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against the four accused arrested so far in the violent conspiracy hatched by the members of the Jabalpur module of the Islamic State (IS or ISIS).
The conspiracy relates to attempts by ISIS to radicalise gullible Muslim youth through on-ground Dawah programmes and various social media platforms.
The NIA had arrested three accused — Syed Mamoor Ali, Mohammad Adil Khan and Mohammad Shahid — in May in the case (RC-14/2023/NIA/DLI), which it had registered on May 24 under sections 120B and 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 16, 17, 18, 18B and 20 of UA(P) Act. The NIA caught the fourth accused, Kasif Khan, in August 2023. The NIA has named all four in its charge sheet filed.
Investigations so far have revealed that the accused were inspired by the ideology of the banned terror outfit, ISIS. They were working actively to target democratic institutions and individuals, including prominent leaders.
The module had been conducting meetings in local religious places and houses, and hatching plans to spread terror in the country by unleashing violent attacks at the instance of the ISIS leadership. They had also been engaged in collecting funds, disseminating ISIS propaganda material, motivating and recruiting youth, and procuring deadly weapons.
The module was a part of the ISIS global network to destabilise India through localised units and sleeper cells operating across states, as per NIA investigations.
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