Hyderabad: Apart from terrorist attacks at various places in the city, the five arrested ISIS men had also planned to target prominent personalities, stated the remand report submitted by the NIA at a court in Hyderabad on Thursday. NIA officials produced the five before the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, on Thursday evening who sent them to judicial custody for 14 days. They were shifted to the Cherlapally prison.
Intelligence sources said that the suspects had been asked by ISIS operatives in Syria to unleash violent attacks in the city before Id. According to the NIA remand report, the five had acquired explosives to carry out violent terrorist attacks.
“The members of this group were in constant touch with each other over Internet. Information was received that the members of the group were in contact with the ISIS. They were getting directions from (ISIS) for carrying out the attacks,” stated the remand report.
The report revealed that the Ministry of Home Affairs had issued an order under NIA Act on June 20, allowing the agency to book a case. On June 22, the NIA booked a case under Sections 121-A, 122 of IPC, Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Sections 18, 18-B, 38, 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
NIA officials told the court that the arrested were not subjected to any ill treatment and were taken to Group Centre, CRPF Hospital, Ranga Reddy district for medical examination.
The five, Mohammed Iliyas Yazdani, 24, from Talab Katta, Aman Nagar Mohammed Ibrahim Yazdani, 30, from Chatta Bazaar, Lakkad Kote, Habeeb Mohammed, 32, from Yousuf Gulshan Colony, Hashamabad, Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al Amoodi aka Fahad, 31, from Punch Mohalla, Charminar, and Mohammed Irfan aka Yaqais Irfan, 27, from Mir Alam Mandi, were arrested on Wednesday.
NIA officials are likely to seek 30 days’ custody of the suspects to probe the charges. Superintendent of police Mr L.R. Kumar is handling the case.
Intelligence sources also said that Yazdani had learnt bombmaking by watching online videos adding that the module ahd stored explosives and weapons in the kitchen and practised shooting in the basement.
Sources added that Ibrahim and Habib spent Rs 65,000 for the purchase of weapons at Nanded and had visited Patna and Roorkee to check out weapons.
