The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two suspect men, including the kingpin of the 2022 Chittorgarh terror case in which explosives were seized in the Rajasthan district. Both of the accused are members of the ISIS-inspired terrorist outfit “SUFA”. The two men, Mohammad Yunus and Imran Khan, alias Yusuf, both inhabitants of Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam, were produced on 28 August in the NIA Special Court in Jaipur.
The NIA hopes that their arrest will lead the agency to establish the missing links in the case and unearth the outfit’s linkages to active members and sleeper modules of ISIS in India.
poultry farm was attached by the NIA
A senior official revealed, “Mohammad Yunus Saki and Imran Khan were actively engaged in spreading the ISIS ideology before their arrests from Maharashtra.” He further explained, “They were staying in Pune for around 16-17 months prior to their arrests. Both are highly trained in IED fabrication and are also involved in training their co-accused to make such devices at the poultry farm of the mastermind, Imran Khan. The said poultry farm was attached by the NIA last month.
They set up at least two IED training and fabrication workshops in Pune after fleeing to Mumbai and subsequently settling in Pune last year. Both were arrested by the Pune Police last month.
According to a report, The had earlier seized explosives and various components used in the fabrication of IEDs from the possession of the accused. Investigation afterwards revealed that the two men had procured the materials and substances for fabricating IEDs with the intent of spreading terror and mayhem in Rajasthan and other parts of India.
The kingpin, Imran, and other accused were charge-sheeted in the case by NIA in September last year.
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