8 IS suspects charge-sheeted

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a chargesheet against eight people accused of of being members of the ISIS and their involvement in the conspiracy to carry out terror attacks at various religious places including Sufi shrine Dewa Sharif at Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Investigation brought out that the accused took Bay'th (oath of allegiance) to the ISIS, hatched a criminal conspiracy with the intention to further the terrorist activities; recruited persons, raised funds, organised terrorist camps and carried out terrorist acts, an official statement said. The case was initially probed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of UP.