The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed the chargesheet against six alleged Islamic State (ISIS) terror operatives and stated that they were conspiring to carry out terror activities in national Capital and during Ardh Kumbh in Haridwar.
In an in-camera proceeding, the NIA filed the chargesheet in the court of District Judge Amar Nath in which Mohd Azeemushan, Mohd Osama, Akhlakur Rehman, Meraj alias Monu, Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed and wanted accused Yusuf-Al-Hindi alias Safi were accused of plotting terror attacks.
The court has now fixed further hearing in the matter for August 25.
All the accused came in contact through social networking site, Facebook and hatched the conspiracy in landhaura, Haridwar. They also carried out a recce in the areas where Ardh Kumbh was set to be held so that they could plant IEDs to send a global message that they are the representatives of ISIS.
According to the chargesheet, several incriminating evidences were also recovered such as videos named “Bomb bananeka asan tariqa,” “Diwali wale patakhaon ke zarye”, “Table or alarm watch se timer banana,” explaining the method of preparing IED in details with the help of match stick and firecrackers. Audio files containing hate speeches against Hindus of Maulana Masood Azhar, Chief Commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad was also recovered, said the chargesheet.
It further added that the “accused owed their allegiance to Islamic State/Islamic State and levant (ISIl)/ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to further its activities in India by way of motivating Muslim youths in this regard and ultimately train and prepare them to carry out terror activities in India and also to shift them to countries like Syria, Iraq etc.”
One of the accused Armar, who is on a run, was working for ISIS in Syria, the NIA said. The six accused are booked under charges of criminal conspiracy and various provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. However, one of the arrested accused Mudabbir Mustaq Seikh was not chargesheeted.
The accused were arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in January and February, but later the case was transferred to the NIA. According to the probe agency, they were motivating people to join the ISIS.