A 24-year old IS agent was nabbed by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) from the State Capital on Monday. He was booked under the charges of sedition. The operation was conducted with the help of the Bhopal crime branch.
On Monday, a team of NIA was tipped off regarding the presence of the IS agent, Azhar Iqbal, in the city and he was nabbed from Tilajamalpura locality of the walled city.
Police sources said that on December 9, 2015, 16 persons were booked by the NIA for engaging in publicity of the terrorist organization and 15 out of 16 were nabbed while Azhar went absconding and remained absconding till Monday when he was arrested from his uncle's house in Tilajamalpura.
His uncle laeek Ahmed is a lawyer who sheltered the accused during his absconding. The crime branch and the NIA have started investigation and would question the accused. Azhar hails from Obedullahganj. Details of the nabbed accused are being searched.
The NIA officials are questioning him regarding his involvement in anti-national activities. They are also trying to find out his activities in the past one month when he was hiding in Bhopal. Police officials suspect that in Bhopal too, he might have been engaged in collecting some sensitive information, as there are several important establishments of the army situated in the city.