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National Investigation Agency questions 5 over Islamic State connection

The agency carried out searches at a few places in Delhi's Jafarabad and Seelampur and Amroha in Uttar Pradesh areas on Sunday

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The National Investigation Agency conducted searches at several places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and grilled five people in connection with its ongoing probe in the case pertaining to the Islamic State-inspired module -- 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam (War for the cause of Islam).

The agency carried out searches at a few places in Delhi's Jafarabad and Seelampur and Amroha in Uttar Pradesh areas on Sunday. An official said that the agency also questioned five suspects, however, no one has been arrested so far.

The agency's action comes four days after it arrested 10 alleged Islamic State-inspired module -- 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam' – members, including the group head Mufti Suhail, for planning terror attacks targeting important personalities and security establishments as well as crowded places in the National Capital Region.

The arrested accused are NIA custody for 12 days as the agency is trying to unearth the conspiracy for which there were intelligence inputs.

Five accused each were arrested from the national capital and Uttar Pradesh after the agency carried out searches at 17 locations on Wednesday.

Those arrested include Suhail (29), Anas Yunus (24), Rashid Zafar Raq (23), Saeed (28), Saeed's brother Raees Ahmad, Zubair Malik (20), Zubair's brother Zaid (22), Saqib Iftekar (26), Mohammed Irshad (in his 20s) and Mohammed Azam (35).

The agency arrested these members of the IS module after they conducted searches at 17 locations across Lucknow, Hapur, Amroha, Seelampur, Meerut and Jafrabad in connection with its probe.

IS-Inspired Module

The agency’s action comes four days after it arrested 10 alleged Islamic State-inspired module -- ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’ – members, including the group head Mufti Suhail

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