NIA arrests 8 ISIS agents in 19 raids across four states

In a major crackdown against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided 19 locations across four States and arrested eight operatives of the banned terror outfit’s Ballari module, foiling plans of the accused to carry out terror acts, especially IED blasts.

Those arrested include its leader, Minaz, alias Md Sulaiman from Ballari. Others arrested are Syed Sameer from Ballari; Anas Iqbal Shaikh from Mumbai; Mohammad Muniruddin, Syid Samiullah alias Sami, Md Muzammil from Bengaluru; Shayan Rahman alias Hussain from Delhi; and Md Shahbaz alias Zulfikar alias Guddu from Jamshedpur.

NIA teams swooped down on the 19 locations spread across Ballari and Bengaluru in Karnataka; Amaravati, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra;

Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand and Delhi. The eight ISIS agents arrested during the raids were involved in actively promoting terror and terror-related acts and activities of ISIS, the proscribed organisation, said the NIA.

The raids also led to the seizure of explosive raw materials.