Hyderabad: NIA sleuths grill ISIS men on bombs, cash

Hyderabad: The five men linked to the ISIS who were arrested by the NIA were interrogated one-to-one at a secret location in Shamirpet on Saturday. The NIA sleuths were trying to extract information on whether more explosives have been hidden by the suspects in the city. The source of their funds is also being probed.

The suspects will be taken to Nanded, from where they are suspected to have procured arms, for scene reconstruction and then to other places on Sunday, NIA sources said.

NIA officials found the five suspects had stayed at a lodge in Ananthapur a few months ago. They are now trying to find if they had procured explosives from there.  

The NIA had told the court on Friday that the suspects have to be taken to Rajasthan and Maharashtra among other places. During the 12-day custody, NIA would take them to Rajasthan, from where another ISIS sympathiser and a Karnataka resident were arrested.

Intelligence sources said NIA could not extract much information on Wednesday as the suspects were not revealing details. NIA suspects that more explosives are hidden in Hyderabad and that some people assisted the five arrested men.

“NIA officials are also extracting information from the electronic gadgets seized from the suspects. Some gadgets are password protected,” said a senior official.  

Ten NIA teams including one from Kerala and Delhi are participating in the investigation.