The NIA has arrested Hassan Ali and Harish Mohamed from Tamil Nadu in connection with a new terror group under the banner of Ansarulla that aimed to wage war against India.
The NIA said the accused persons and their associates had collected funds and made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks in India, with the intention of establishing Islamic rule in the country.
The Tamil Nadu Ansarulla Case was registered on July 9 against Syed Bukhari, resident of Chennai, Hassan Ali,native of Nagapattinam, Mohammed Yusuffudeen Harish Mohamed, native of Nagapattinam and others under Indian Penal Code Sections relating to criminal conspiracy, waging war against the nation and overawing the Government by use of criminal force besides relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The NIA registered the case following receipt of credible information that the accused persons, while being within and beyond India, had conspired and conducted consequent preparations to wage war against the Government of India by forming the terrorist gang Ansarulla, the agency said.
The accused persons and their associates had collected funds and made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks in India, with the intention of establishing Islamic rule in India, the NIA said.
On Saturday, the NIA carried out searches at the house and office of accused Syed Mohammed Bukhari in Chennai City besides the houses of Hassan Ali and Harish Mohammed in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu.
During the searches, the NIA had recovered nine mobiles, 15 SIM cards, seven memory cards, three laptops, five hard discs, six pen drives, two tablets and three CDs/ DVDs besides documents including magazines, banners, notices, posters and books.
The arrests by the NIA came late on Saturday following questioning of the trio.